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G.G. Communications
IndustryFilm distribution
Headquarters
Boston, Massachusetts
,
United States[1]
Key people
Nicholas W. Russo[2]
OwnerIndependent

G.G. Communications was a film distribution company based in Boston, Massachusetts.[1] Headed by city native Nicholas W. Russo (credited in releases as "N.W. Russo"),[1][2][3] it was responsible for the U.S. releases of various foreign films aimed at children.[2] G.G.'s titles included the Pippi Longstocking live-action films,[4] Rolf Kauka's Once Upon a Time,[3] and the 1975 anime feature based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid.[2] In the early 1980s, its films were released on VHS through the Video Gems label.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Marquee Staff (August 25, 1975). "Theater district may lose patrons". The Boston Globe. p. 26. Everything's coming up G's for Nick Russo, the Park Square Disney: The headman of the Boston-based G.G. Communications, a movie distributing outfit... {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  2. ^ a b c d "Nicholas W. Russo, 75, was TV producer". The Baltimore Sun. September 20, 1991. p. 7.C. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
  3. ^ a b G.G. Communications (February 25, 1977). "Matinee advertisement for Once Upon a Time". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. p. 4B. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
  4. ^ Commire, Anne, ed. (1985). Something About the Author. Vol. 38. Gale Research Company. p. 132. ISBN 0-8103-0071-0. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
  5. ^ Tiegel, Eliot (March 6, 1982). "Kid Stuff Clicks For 2-Year-Old Video Gems Company". Billboard. 94 (9). VNU/Nielsen Business Media: 66. Retrieved October 5, 2011.