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'''Commonwealth United Entertainment''' (generally referred to as '''Commonwealth United'''), formerly known as '''Television Enterprises Corporation''' (abbreviated as '''TEC'''), was an American film & TV production and distribution company active to 1971. It was headed by Milton T. Raynor.<ref name=vty>(24 April 2002). [https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117865942 Milton Raynor obituary]. ''Variety''. accessed September 22, 2012.</ref> |
'''Commonwealth United Entertainment''' (generally referred to as '''Commonwealth United''' or sometimes '''CUE'''), formerly known as '''Television Enterprises Corporation''' (abbreviated as '''TEC'''), was an American film & TV production and distribution company active to 1971. It was headed by Milton T. Raynor.<ref name=vty>(24 April 2002). [https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117865942 Milton Raynor obituary]. ''Variety''. accessed September 22, 2012.</ref> |
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The company was sometimes considered one of the "instant majors" of the late 1960s.<ref group=li name=p10/> The company also briefly operated a record label, '''Commonwealth United Records''' (abbreviated as '''CUR'''). |
The company was sometimes considered one of the "instant majors" of the late 1960s.<ref group=li name=p10/> The company also briefly operated a record label, '''Commonwealth United Records''' (abbreviated as '''CUR'''). |
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.jpg) The logo of Commonwealth United Corporation, c.1967-1970 | |
| Industry | Filmed entertainment |
|---|---|
| Defunct | 1971 |
| Fate | Broken up and sold |
| Successor | Library: Paramount Pictures (through Melange Pictures) |
Key people | Milton T. Raynor |
| Owner | Milton T. Raynor ( -1967) |
| Parent | Commonwealth United Corporation (1967-1971) |
Commonwealth United Entertainment (generally referred to as Commonwealth United or sometimes CUE), formerly known as Television Enterprises Corporation (abbreviated as TEC), was an American film & TV production and distribution company active to 1971. It was headed by Milton T. Raynor.[1]
The company was sometimes considered one of the "instant majors" of the late 1960s.[li 1] The company also briefly operated a record label, Commonwealth United Records (abbreviated as CUR).
History
Commonwealth United Corporation (abbreviated as CUC) was originally a real estate holding company formed in 1961 as the Real Properties Corporation. It changed its name to CUC in 1965.[2] In 1967, CUC acquired TEC.[li 1] Milton T. Raynor moved to California and became vice-president at TEC. Later, Raynor took over ownership.[1]
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In 1967, CUC acquired The Landau-Unger Company, with Ely Landau becoming president and CEO and Oliver A. Unger as executive vice-president.[3] It also acquired TEC[li 1] and was renamed Commonwealth United.[1] In 1967, Commonwealth United produced 17 theatrical films and purchased publishing and recording interests.[li 1] The Max Factor family financed That Cold Day in the Park, a movie directed by Robert Altman that Commonwealth United released in 1969.[li 2] By 1971, Commonwealth United was $80 million in debt. The company's film rights, foreign and domestic, were acquired by National Telefilm Associates and American International Pictures respectively.[li 1]
Select Credits
- A Black Veil for Lisa (1968)
- 99 Women (1969)
- Venus in Furs (1969)
- Battle of Neretva (1969)
- The Magic Christian (1969)
- It Takes All Kinds (1969)
- That Cold Day in the Park (1969)
- Tiger by the Tail (1970)
- Julius Caesar (1970)
- The Ballad of Tam Lin (1970)
- Freelance (filmed 1970)
References
- Cook, David A. (2000). Lost Illusions: American Cinema in the Shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970-1979. University of California Press.