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Allied Artists Pictures Corporation
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Allied Artists Pictures Corporation was a subsidiary of Monogram Pictures that was established in 1946 as an outlet for films with bigger names and higher budgets than Monogram could boast. Monogram continued to produce "B" movies through 1952, while the studio's special attractions were released as "Allied Artists Productions."
In 1953, Allied Artists dropped the Monogram name and functioned as a single entity, Allied Artists Pictures Corporation. Allied Artists did make a few noteworthy films in the fifties (Friendly Persuasion, Al Capone) but apart from the popular "B" comedies with The Bowery Boys, most of the studio's output consisted of exploitation pictures, filmed quickly to cash in on current trends and events (Operation Eichmann, The Naked Kiss). One of the few mainstream attractions released by the studio in the 1960s was Tickle Me starring Elvis Presley (1965). For better or for worse, one of its better known films today is Mitchell (1975) which was spoofed in a very popular episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Although the corporation produced and/or distributed major films such as Papillon, Cabaret and The Man Who Would Be King, it met with financial catastrophe and filed for bankruptcy in 1979.
Lorimar Productions purchased the former Allied Artists Pictures Corporation in 1980. With Warner Bros. purchasing Lorimar in 1988, most of the Allied Artists library is controlled by WB's parent company, Time Warner.