United Artists
Actor-owned film studio
United Artists is an American film and television entertainment company, founded in 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W.
Griffith to give artists control over their own work.
The studio distributed rather than produced films, backing independent filmmakers.
It released landmark pictures including *Some Like It Hot*, the James Bond franchise, and *Rocky*.
After financial struggles in the 1980s, it passed through several corporate owners and now operates as a label under Amazon MGM Studios.
Silent-era film comedian
- FairbanksCentral Alaskan city
- GriffithSurname meaning strong chief
- silent eraFilmmaking before talkies
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
Pickford · actors · directors · creative control · ownership · autonomy · innovators · star power
Hollywood entertainment conglomerate
- ChaplinSilent-era film comedian
- FairbanksCentral Alaskan city
- GriffithSurname meaning strong chief
- GoldwynFilm studio pioneer
Pickford · Benjamin · Orion · founding · distribution · backlot · soundstage · greenlight
American film industry center
- OscarsFilm achievement honors
- classicsWorks of lasting value
- golden agePeriod of peak prosperity
- cinema historyStudy of movies' development
influential · iconic · groundbreaking · prestigious · award-winning · Academy Awards · timeless · landmark
Authority over one's work
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- maverickIndependent-minded rule-breaker
- rebelAuthority defier
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
ownership · risk-taking · visionary · pioneering · groundbreaking · alternative · nonconformist
Boxing film protagonist
- West Side StoryBroadway musical, rival gangs
- Raging BullInfuriated male bovine
- Midnight CowboyUrban western drifter tale
- The ApartmentResidential unit in building
Annie Hall · Some Like It Hot · Fiddler on the Roof · Carrie · Apocalypse Now · Rain Man · The Great Escape · 12 Angry Men
Chaplin
Silent-era film comedian
- FairbanksCentral Alaskan city
- GriffithSurname meaning strong chief
- silent eraFilmmaking before talkies
Pickford · pioneers · actors · directors · creative control · ownership · autonomy · innovators · star power · visionaries
MGM
Hollywood entertainment conglomerate
Pickford · Goldwyn · Benjamin · Orion · founding · distribution · backlot · soundstage · greenlight · production
Hollywood
American film industry center
- OscarsFilm achievement honors
- classicsWorks of lasting value
- golden agePeriod of peak prosperity
cinema history · influential · iconic · groundbreaking · prestigious · award-winning · Academy Awards · timeless · landmark · revolutionary
creative control
Authority over one's work
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- maverickIndependent-minded rule-breaker
- rebelAuthority defier
unconventional · ownership · risk-taking · visionary · pioneering · groundbreaking · alternative · nonconformist
Rocky
Boxing film protagonist
- West Side StoryBroadway musical, rival gangs
- Raging BullInfuriated male bovine
- Midnight CowboyUrban western drifter tale
Annie Hall · The Apartment · Some Like It Hot · Fiddler on the Roof · Carrie · Apocalypse Now · Rain Man · The Great Escape · 12 Angry Men · The Manchurian Candidate
- Silent Filmsilent films, silent era, silent comedy, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton
- Film StudiosUniversal, Paramount, Disney, Warner Bros, MGM
- movie theaterscineplex, AMC, screens, auditoriums, lobby
- Billy WilderSome Like It Hot, Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment, Sabrina, Avanti
United Artistsstudio system
Vertically integrated film production
MGM · Paramount Pictures · Big Five · Columbia Pictures · factory system
united, artists, unite, artist, unites, uniting, unity, unified, unification