Seven Arts Productions

Seven Arts Productions
Industry	Film
Genre	Entertainment
Founded	1957
Founder	Eliot Hyman; Ray Stark
Defunct	1967
Key people	Ray Stark; Eliot Hyman
Parent	Warner Bros.-Seven Arts (1967–1969)

Seven Arts Productions was a production company which made films for release by other studios. It was founded in 1957 by Ray Stark, Eliot Hyman, and Norman Katz.^[1]

Among its productions were The Misfits (1961) for United Artists, Gigot (1962) for Twentieth Century-Fox, Lolita (1962) for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) for Warner Bros., and Is Paris Burning? (1966) for Paramount Pictures.

Over time it expanded its role, becoming equity investors with other studios and partnering with British horror film company Hammer Film Productions on many projects. It also retained ancillary rights on new productions surrendered on earlier films, including Seven Days in May (1964) and Promise Her Anything (1965) for release by Paramount.

Seven Arts also distributed feature films and TV programs for television. Warner Bros. licensed the TV rights to its post-1949 library to Seven Arts in 1960. Seven Arts made similar deals with 20th Century Fox and Universal Pictures.^[1] Seven Arts also acquired theatrical reissue rights to some Fox films as well.^[1]

In 1967, Seven Arts Productions acquired the controlling interest in Warner Bros. from Jack L. Warner for $32 million.^[2] The companies were merged as Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. It was once again renamed Warner Bros. after Kinney National Company bought the company.

Other uses

Neither the later Seven Arts Pictures nor the defunct releasing company "Seven Arts", an early 1990s joint venture between Carolco Pictures and New Line Cinema (the latter which subsequently merged into Warner Bros.), is related to the original Seven Arts Productions.

Select filmography

The Gun Runners (1958); with United Artists
Thunder in the Sun (1959); with Paramount Pictures
Ten Seconds to Hell (1959); with United Artists
The Misfits (1961); with United Artists
By Love Possessed (1961)
West Side Story (1961)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1961)
The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone (1961)
Gigot (1962)
Lolita (1962); with MGM
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962); with Warner Bros.
Two for the Seesaw (1962)
The Main Attraction (1962); with MGM
The Wild Affair (1963)
Sunday in New York (1963); with MGM
Rampage (1963)
Tamahine (1963); with MGM
The Night of the Iguana (1964); with MGM
Of Human Bondage (1964); with MGM
Never Put It in Writing (1964)
Seven Days in May (1964)
A Global Affair (1964)
Promise Her Anything (1965)
The Nanny (1965); with Hammer Films
The Hill (1965)
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
The Defector (1966)
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966); with Hammer Films
One Million Years B.C. (1966); with Hammer Films
The Frozen Dead (1966)
The Bible: In the Beginning (1966)
This Property Is Condemned (1966)
Assault on a Queen (1966)
Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966); with Hammer Films
The Reptile (1966); with Hammer Films
The Plague of the Zombies (1966); with Hammer Films
You're a Big Boy Now (1966)
Drop Dead Darling (1966)
Once Before I Die (1966)
Slave Girls (1967); with Hammer Films
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (1967)
The Viking Queen (1967); with Hammer Films
The Dirty Dozen (1967); with MGM
The Shuttered Room (1967)
It! (1967)
A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967)
Schwanensee (1967)
The Anniversary (1968); with Hammer Films
The Vengeance of She (1968); with Hammer Films
The Lost Continent (1968); with Hammer Films
The Devil Rides Out (1968); with Hammer Films

Theatre credits

The World of Suzie Wong (1958–60)
Everybody Loves Opal (1961)
Funny Girl (1964–67)
Any Wednesday (1964–66)
The Owl and the Pussycat (1964–65)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Hoyt, Eric (3 July 2014). Hollywood Vault: Film Libraries Before Home Video. Univ of California Press. ISBN 9780520282636.
^ Warner Sperling, Cass (Director) (2008). The Brothers Warner (DVD film documentary). Warner Sisters, Inc. Archived from the original on 17 February 2016. {{cite AV media}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |titlelink= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

Seven Arts Productions at the Internet Broadway Database

[:0-1] Hoyt, Eric (3 July 2014). Hollywood Vault: Film Libraries Before Home Video. Univ of California Press. ISBN 9780520282636.

[2] Warner Sperling, Cass (Director) (2008). The Brothers Warner (DVD film documentary). Warner Sisters, Inc. Archived from the original on 17 February 2016. {{cite AV media}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |titlelink= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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