Grand National, Producers Releasing Corporation, and Screen Guild/Lippert: Complete Filmographies with Studio Histories

by Ted Okuda

Overview

Throughout the 1930s, 40s and 50s, several independent film production companies (referred to a "poverty row" studios) turned out hundreds of "B" movies--low-budget feature films that were specifically designed to play the bottom half of the double bills. This handy reference focuses on the output of three of these independents--Grand National (1936-1939), Producers Releasing Corporation (1939-1948), and Screen Guild/Lippert (1945-1955).

Here are studio histories and details on all their output (title of movie, director, producer, writer, cast, plot, synopsis, running time, release date, and more). Films are covered chronologically by release date.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786467136
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	11/28/2011
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	255
Sales rank:	676,906
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Ted Okuda is a Chicago-based film historian whose articles have appeared in such publications as Nostalgia Digest, Filmfax, and Classic Images.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Preface xiii

Grand National Pictures 1

Corporate History 2

Feature Films 3

Producers Releasing Corporation 31

Corporate History 32

Feature Films 33

Short Subjects 122

Special Featurettes 122

Screen Guild/Lippert Pictures 123

Corporate History 124

Feature Films 124

Short Subjects 183

Bibliography 185

Name Index 187

Film Title Index 231

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