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National General Corporation
IndustryMotion pictures
PredecessorFox Theatres
Founded1951; 72 years ago (1951)
DefunctFebruary 1974; 49 years ago (1974-02)
FateLiquidated
SuccessorMann Theatres
Library: Warner Bros.
Number of locations
240 (1973; theaters)
6 (1969; distribution offices)
ProductsFilm distribution, film exhibition, television production and distribution
Production output
Theatrical films
ServicesFilm distribution
Film exhibition
DivisionsNational General Pictures
National General Records

National General Corporation (NGC) was a theater chain holding company, film distribution and production company and was considered one of the "instant majors". It was in operation from 1951 to 1974.

Divisions

Its division National General Pictures (NGP) was a production company which was active between 1967 and 1973. NGP produced nine motion pictures in-house. The company was a division of the National General Corporation (NGC) which started as the spun out Fox Theatre chain of movie houses, which were later sold to the Mann Theatres Corporation.

National General had its own record label, National General Records, that operated for at least three years and was distributed by Buddah Records.[1]

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1967 in film

1967 in film

The year 1967 in film involved some significant events. It is widely considered one of the most ground-breaking years in American cinema, with "revolutionary" films highlighting the shift towards forward thinking European standards at the time, including: Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Cool Hand Luke, The Dirty Dozen, In Cold Blood, In the Heat of the Night, The Jungle Book and You Only Live Twice.

1973 in film

1973 in film

The year 1973 in film involved some significant events.

Fox Theatres

Fox Theatres

Fox Theatres was a large chain of movie theaters in the United States dating from the 1920s either built by Fox Film studio owner William Fox, or subsequently merged in 1929 by Fox with the West Coast Theatres chain, to form the Fox West Coast Theatres chain. Fox West Coast went into bankruptcy and was sold to The National Theatres Corporation, led by Charles Skouras, on November 20, 1933, for $17,000,000.00. Eugene V. Klein later became CEO of National, and turned it into the conglomerate National General. Mann Theatres bought National General's theatres in 1973.

Mann Theatres

Mann Theatres

Mann Theatres was a movie theater chain that predominantly operated in the western United States, with a heavy concentration of theaters in Southern California.

Buddah Records

Buddah Records

Buddah Records was an American record label founded in 1967 in New York City. The label was born out of Kama Sutra Records, an MGM Records-distributed label, which remained a key imprint following Buddah's founding. Buddah handled a variety of music genres, including bubblegum pop, folk rock (Melanie), experimental music, and soul.

History

year Theaters
1951 550
1957 275
1973 240

National General Corporation was a film distribution network and the successor of 20th Century Fox's theater division with 550 theaters when spun off in 1951 and reduced in half by court order six years later.[li 1]

National General entered distribution in 1966 under a three-year waiver from the consent decrees[li 2] with six distribution offices.[li 3] In 1967, the CBS television network decided to produce their own films for theatrical release through their production unit Cinema Center Films, which were released through National General.

National General also acquired Sy Weintraub's Banner Productions in 1967 which was producing Tarzan films and the TV series.[2] NGC had also entered theatrical film production under Charles Boasberg in 1967 as National General Pictures (NGP). The ABC television network had done the same thing with Cinerama in the formation of another instant major partnership. In 1969, after a request for an indefinite waiver, the consent decree waiver was extended for another three years. NGC gained another production partner in 1969 with the formation of First Artists Productions (FAP).

The company tried to acquire Warner Bros. in 1969, but the deal was rejected on antitrust grounds by the Justice Department, and NGP was closed in 1970.[li 2] By 1970, all the instant majors had each captured 10% of the market.[li 3]

Following Cinema Center's closure, NGC was taken over by American Financial Corporation in 1972, but continued distributing films until 1973. In November 1973, American Financial sold NGC/NGP's releasing contracts and film library to Warner Bros.[li 2] National General, then just containing 240 theaters, were sold in 1973 to Mann Theatres.[li 1]

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CBS

CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Paramount Global.

Cinema Center Films

Cinema Center Films

Cinema Center Films (CCF) was the theatrical film production company of the CBS Television Network from 1967 to 1972. Its films were distributed by National General Pictures. The production unit was located at CBS Studio Center in the Studio City district of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley. and produced 30 films.

Sy Weintraub

Sy Weintraub

Sy Weintraub was an American film and television producer best known for his series of Tarzan films and television episodes between 1959 and 1968. Weintraub broke with the Johnny Weissmuller formula of portraying Tarzan as a pidgin-speaking noble savage who lives in a treehouse with Jane and Boy. Instead, his Tarzan was an educated depressed loner, much closer to Edgar Rice Burroughs's original conception of the character and Boy is replaced by a young orphan named Jai. Weintraub also produced two Sherlock Holmes films for television and was an owner of Panavision.

Tarzan

Tarzan

Tarzan is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer.

Tarzan (1966 TV series)

Tarzan (1966 TV series)

Tarzan is a series that aired on NBC from 1966 to 1968. The series portrayed Tarzan as a well-educated character who had grown tired of civilization, and returned to the jungle where he had been raised. It was filmed in Brazil. The production later relocated to Mexico. This series was set in one of the newly independent African countries of the time.

American Broadcasting Company

American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network. It is the flagship property of the Disney Entertainment division of The Walt Disney Company. The network is headquartered in Burbank, California, on Riverside Drive, directly across the street from Walt Disney Studios and adjacent to the Roy E. Disney Animation Building. The network's secondary offices, and headquarters of its news division, are in New York City, at its broadcast center at 77 West 66th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

Cinerama Releasing Corporation

Cinerama Releasing Corporation

Cinerama Releasing Corporation (CRC) was a motion picture company established in 1967 that originally released films produced by its namesake parent company that was considered an "instant major".

Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. is an American film and entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California, and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. Founded in 1923 by four brothers, Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack Warner, the company established itself as a leader in the American film industry before diversifying into animation, television, and video games, and is one of the "Big Five" major American film studios, as well as a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA).

United States Department of Justice

United States Department of Justice

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in the United States. It is equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department is headed by the U.S. attorney general, who reports directly to the president of the United States and is a member of the president's Cabinet. The current attorney general is Merrick Garland, who was sworn in on March 11, 2021.

Mann Theatres

Mann Theatres

Mann Theatres was a movie theater chain that predominantly operated in the western United States, with a heavy concentration of theaters in Southern California.

Partial list of film titles

1960s

Release Date Title Production company
September 6, 1967 Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion A two-part episode of the 1966 Tarzan TV series
January 31, 1968 Poor Cow British production
August 7, 1968 With Six You Get Eggroll CCF
August 21, 1968 How Sweet It Is!
December 25, 1968 The Stalking Moon
February 26, 1969 Twisted Nerve British production
March 13, 1969 Charro!
May 10, 1969 A Fine Pair CCF; European production
May 28, 1969 The April Fools CCF
July 2, 1969 Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
July 13, 1969 Me, Natalie CCF
September 17, 1969 All Neat in Black Stockings British production
October 4, 1969 Hail, Hero! CCF
October 6, 1969 The Royal Hunt of the Sun CCF; British production
October 22, 1969 The Grasshopper
November 1969 Day of Anger European production filmed in 1967
December 4, 1969 A Boy Named Charlie Brown CCF
December 15, 1969 A Dream of Kings
December 25, 1969 The Reivers CCF

1970s

Release Date Title Production company
March 17, 1970 The Boys in the Band CCF
April 29, 1970 A Man Called Horse CCF
June 12, 1970 The Cheyenne Social Club CCF
June 19, 1970 El Condor European production
July 22, 1970 Something for Everyone CCF
July 1970 Tarzan's Deadly Silence A two-part episode of the 1966 Tarzan TV series
August 14, 1970 Darker than Amber CCF
September 22, 1970 Adam at Six A.M. CCF
October 1, 1970 The Baby Maker
October 7, 1970 Monte Walsh CCF
November 5, 1970 Scrooge CCF; British production
November 23, 1970 Homer CCF
December 4, 1970 Latitude Zero Japanese production
December 18, 1970 Rio Lobo CCF
December 23, 1970 Little Big Man CCF
February 10, 1971 Eyewitness British production
May 21, 1971 The Cat o' Nine Tails European production
May 26, 1971 Big Jake CCF
June 1, 1971 Blue Water, White Death CCF; documentary
June 15, 1971 Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? CCF
June 23, 1971 Le Mans CCF
July 16, 1971 The Light at the Edge of the World European production
July 18, 1971 Figures in a Landscape British production
October 20, 1971 The Todd Killings
October 1971 The African Elephant CCF; documentary
November 1971 The Christian Licorice Store CCF
November 1971 Something Big CCF
January 9, 1972 Eagle in a Cage European production
February 1, 1972 Pocket Money
March 1972 The Little Ark
June 1, 1972 The War Between Men and Women CCF
June 9, 1972 Red Sun European production
June 21, 1972 The Revengers CCF
June 22, 1972 The Dead Are Alive European production
June 28, 1972 Prime Cut CCF
August 9, 1972 Snoopy, Come Home CCF
October 25, 1972 The Deadly Trap European production
October 1972 Lapin 360
October 1972 Treasure Island European production
December 8, 1972 The Master Touch European production
December 13, 1972 The Getaway
December 18, 1972 The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
December 21, 1972 Up the Sandbox
1973 One Armed Boxer Hong Kong production
March 4, 1973 Baxter! British production
March 1973 Fists of Fury Hong Kong production
May 1, 1973 The Chinese Connection Hong Kong production
May 16, 1973 Extreme Close-Up
May 23, 1973 A Warm December
July 13, 1973 Lady Ice
August 1, 1973 Maurie
September 5, 1973 Hapkido Hong Kong production
September 24, 1973 The Man Called Noon British production
September 24, 1973 The New One-Armed Swordsman Hong Kong production
October 7, 1973 The Second Gun Documentary on the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
October 24, 1973 Massacre in Rome European production
November 7, 1973 Executive Action
January 2, 1974 Chinese Hercules Hong Kong production

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Poor Cow

Poor Cow

Poor Cow is a 1967 British kitchen sink drama film directed by Ken Loach and based on Nell Dunn's 1967 novel of the same name. It was Ken Loach's first feature film, after a series of TV productions. The film was re-released in the UK in 2016.

Cinema Center Films

Cinema Center Films

Cinema Center Films (CCF) was the theatrical film production company of the CBS Television Network from 1967 to 1972. Its films were distributed by National General Pictures. The production unit was located at CBS Studio Center in the Studio City district of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley. and produced 30 films.

How Sweet It Is!

How Sweet It Is!

How Sweet It Is! is a 1968 comedy film starring James Garner and Debbie Reynolds, with a supporting cast including Terry-Thomas and Paul Lynde.

Charro!

Charro!

Charro! is a 1969 American Western film starring Elvis Presley, shot on location at Apacheland Movie Ranch and Old Tucson Studios in Arizona. This was Presley's only film in which he did not sing on-screen; the film featured no songs at all other than the main title theme, which was played over the opening credits. It was also the only movie in which Presley wore a beard. The film was novelized by Harry Whittington.

A Fine Pair

A Fine Pair

A Fine Pair is a 1968 Italian crime-comedy film directed by Francesco Maselli. It stars Rock Hudson and Claudia Cardinale, who had co-starred together two years earlier in the romantic drama, Blindfold.

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969 film)

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969 film)

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting is a 1969 American thriller film directed by Mark Robson and starring Carol White, Paul Burke, and Scott Hylands. Its title comes from the lullaby "Bye, baby Bunting".

Me, Natalie

Me, Natalie

Me, Natalie is a 1969 American comedy-drama film directed by Fred Coe about a homely young woman from Brooklyn who moves to Greenwich Village and finds romance with an aspiring painter. The screenplay by A. Martin Zweiback is based on an original story by Stanley Shapiro. Patty Duke, who starred in the title role, won a Golden Globe Award for her performance. The film also starred James Farentino, Salome Jens, Elsa Lanchester, Martin Balsam and Nancy Marchand. It marked Al Pacino's film debut.

All Neat in Black Stockings

All Neat in Black Stockings

All Neat in Black Stockings is a 1969 British comedy film directed by Christopher Morahan and starring Victor Henry, Susan George and Jack Shepherd. Based on a novel by Jane Gaskell, its plot follows an easygoing window cleaner called 'Ginger' who falls in love with a woman he meets in Swinging London. The film is in the British New Wave tradition and shows the blue collar working man lifestyle. The film is a 1960s time capsule of cars, dress and dancing.

Hail, Hero!

Hail, Hero!

Hail, Hero! is a 1969 drama film directed by David Miller, starring Michael Douglas, Deborah Winters and Peter Strauss. David Manber wrote the screenplay based on the novel by John Weston. The picture was produced by Harold D. Cohen and was the feature film debut for Douglas and for Peter Strauss.

Day of Anger

Day of Anger

Day of Anger is a 1967 Spaghetti Western film directed and co-written by Tonino Valerii and starring Lee Van Cleef and Giuliano Gemma, and features a musical score by Riz Ortolani. The film credits the novel Der Tod ritt dienstags by Ron Barker as its basis, although Valerii and screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi have attested that this credit was primarily included to appease the West German co-producers, and that although some scenes are partially borrowed from it, the film is not an adaptation of Becker's novel.

A Boy Named Charlie Brown

A Boy Named Charlie Brown

A Boy Named Charlie Brown is a 1969 American animated film, produced by Cinema Center Films, distributed by National General Pictures, and directed by Bill Melendez. It is the first feature film based on the Peanuts comic strip. It was well-received and a box-office success, grossing $12 million.

A Dream of Kings (film)

A Dream of Kings (film)

A Dream of Kings is a 1969 drama film directed by Daniel Mann and written by Ian McLellan Hunter, adapted from the novel of the same name by Harry Mark Petrakis. The film stars Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas, Sam Levene and Inger Stevens in her final role, as she committed suicide two months after the film's release. Critics raved over Quinn's performance and those of the supporting cast.

Source: "National General Pictures", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, March 15th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_General_Pictures.

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References
  1. ^ Eyries, Patrice, David Edwards and Mike Callahan. (October 21, 2005). National General Album Discography. Discography Listings. Both Sides Now Publications. Accessed on January 3, 2014.
  2. ^ Murphy, A.D. (June 3, 1970). "NGC Toppers Control 16% Of Stock; Proxy Details Salaries, Option Deals". Variety. p. 4.
  1. ^ a b Cook, p. 400.
  2. ^ a b c Cook, pp. 331-332.
  3. ^ a b Cook, p. 333.

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