Samuel Bronston Productions

Samuel Bronston Productions

Industry	Entertainment
Founded	1943
Founder	Samuel Bronston
Key people	Samuel Bronston (Founder)
Products	Motion pictures

Samuel Bronston Productions was an independent American film production company, founded by Samuel Bronston in 1943.

The company produced several epic films, the most notable of which are, John Paul Jones (1959), King of Kings (1961), El Cid (1961), 55 Days at Peking (1963) and The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964).

The films were made in Spain in the company's newly created studios in Las Rozas, near Madrid.

Due to financial difficulties, the company ceased its business activities in 1964. During the ensuing bankruptcy proceedings, Bronston's answer that the company had once had a bank account in Zurich in response to a question under oath about whether he personally had had a Swiss bank account led to his prosecution for perjury. He was convicted, and the case was ultimately appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled in Bronston v. United States that literally truthful, but technically misleading, answers cannot be prosecuted.

List of Samuel Bronston Productions films

Year	Title	Distributor	Producer	Director	Star(s)	Academy Awards		Notes
						Wins	Nominations
1943	Jack London	United Artists	Samuel Bronston	Alfred Santell	Michael O'Shea & Susan Hayward		Best Original Score (Freddie Rich)
1959	John Paul Jones	Warner Bros.	Samuel Bronston	John Farrow	Robert Stack & Marisa Pavan			Filmed in Technirama
1961	King of Kings	MGM	Samuel Bronston	Nicholas Ray	Jeffrey Hunter			Filmed in Super Technirama 70; Nominated for Golden Globe for Best Original Score (Miklós Rózsa)
1961	El Cid	Allied Artists	Samuel Bronston	Anthony Mann	Charlton Heston & Sophia Loren		Best Art Direction; Best Original Song (Miklós Rózsa & Paul Francis Webster); Best Original Score (Miklós Rózsa)	Filmed in Super Technirama 70; Won Golden Globe Special Merit Award (Samuel Bronston); Nominated for Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Drama; Nominated for Golden Globe for Best Director (Anthony Mann); Nominated for Golden Globe for Best Original Score (Miklós Rózsa)
1963	55 Days at Peking	Allied Artists	Samuel Bronston	Nicholas Ray	Charlton Heston & Ava Gardner		Best Original Song (Dimitri Tiomkin & Paul Francis Webster); Best Original Score (Dimitri Tiomkin)	Filmed in Super Technirama 70
1964	The Fall of the Roman Empire	Paramount	Samuel Bronston	Anthony Mann	Sophia Loren & Stephen Boyd		Best Original Score (Dimitri Tiomkin)	Filmed in Ultra Panavision 70; Won Golden Globe for Best Original Score (Dimitri Tiomkin)
1964	Circus World	Paramount	Samuel Bronston	Henry Hathaway	John Wayne & Rita Hayworth			Filmed in Super Technirama 70; Won Golden Globe for Best Original Song (Dimitri Tiomkin & Ned Washington); Nominated for Golden Globe for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama (Rita Hayworth)