United Artists Corp.

United Artists Corp.
Compañía cinematográfica estadounidense.

Fue fundada en 1919 por Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks y D.W. Griffith con el fin de producir y administrar la distribución de sus propias películas como también distribuir largometrajes independientes. Se constituyó como la primera compañía importante cuyos propietarios eran sus propios artistas, y prosperó con producciones como La quimera del oro (1925) y otros filmes producidos por Samuel Goldwyn, Howard R. Hughes y Alexander Korda. Después de 1951 se convirtió principalmente en una compañía distribuidora y estrenó exitosas películas como Solo ante el peligro (1952), Con faldas y a lo loco (1959) y Amor sin barreras (1961). En 1967 fue vendida a TransAmerica Corp. y revendida a MGM en 1981. A fines del s. XX, United Artists se transformó en una división especializada de la MGM, y produjo películas como Leaving Las Vegas (1995), La jaula de las locas (1996) y Té con Mussolini (1999).

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