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Encyclopedia: Filmways Filmways, Inc. was a television and film production company founded by American film executive Martin Ransohoff in 1960. Petticoat Junction was an American situation comedy that was produced by Filmways, Inc.... Aerial photo featured in the opening sequence of Green Acres There is also the US town of Green Acres, Washington Green Acres is an American television series that was produced by Filmways, Inc.... www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Filmways

e-Track: World Motor Racing Circuits Guide By 1977, a consortium which included Bondurant had bought the track for $1.5 million off the Filmways Corp., with Chris Pook and the Long Beach Grand Prix Assoication also coming on board in 1980. Filmways sold the track for a second time to operations chief Jack Williams, Rick Betts and John Andersen at auction for $800,000. After being sold to the Filmways Corp., a Los Angeles-based entertainment company for $4.5 million in 1969, the track began a turbulent period. www.etracksonline.co.uk /NAmerica/infineon.html

4Reference Orion Pictures Corporation In 1982, Orion merged with Filmways Pictures and briefly became an independent company with a new popular logo of a galaxy full of six stars forming an "O" for "Orion". Their owners were, in part, Filmways Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). The founders were former managers of United Artists,co-chairmen Arthur Krim and Robert Benjamin and chief executive officer Eric Pleskow being the leaders of a group who had resigned en masse after disputes with UA's then parent,Transamerica. www.4reference.net /encyclopedias/wikipedia/Orion_Pictures_Corporation.html

Altamont - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The venue was then changed to the Sears Point Raceway, but after a dispute with the owner of Sears Point, Filmways, Inc., over film distribution rights, the festival was moved to the Altamont Speedway. This move occurred only days before the event was to take place, resulting in many problems. However, the permits were never issued for the concert. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Altamont_Speedway

hyde street studios - history Filmways' refusal to provide money to meet client needs was a direct contradiction to how Heider felt the recording business should be run. Filmways became so out of touch with its Northern California investment that at one point, when employees sent a request down to Los Angeles for higher wages, Filmways' response was, "You mean we still have a studio in San Francisco?" It was then that Filmways realized it needed to find someone to fill the administrative role left empty by Wally Heider's departure. ego.psych.mcgill.ca /levitin.html/pubspages/history.html

Mister Ed's CyberStable- Mister Ed - About the Show Filmways' enthusiasm about the show was not shared by the three networks, which turned them down flat. Filmways collaborated with George Burns and Arthur Lubin to form "The Mister Ed Company" and the project moved forward, but without McKay and White. The formation of Filmways Television Productions gave new life to the show. www.geocities.com /lgadrina/mister-ed/about.html

Sharon Tate After becoming a Filmways client, Tate was signed on to appear as a secretary on The Beverly Hillbillies. After being introduced to Martin Ransohoff, chairman of Filmways, Tate was on her way to becoming a star. Her parents, wanting to make Tate's dreams come true, allowed her to become a ward of the court as she was under 21 years old. brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/s/sh/sharon_tate.html

orion pictures corporation In 1982, Orion merged with Filmways, Inc (which had produced well-remembered TV shows in the late 1960s, such as The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Mister Ed and The Addams Family, but was a second-string studio by the late 1970s and mainly interesting for its ownership of American International Pictures), and became an independent company. Orion remains an in-name-only subsidiary of MGM, and all Orion releases (mostly of the AIP and Filmways backlogs, as well as their own post-1982 library) now bear the MGM name, though in most cases, the 1980s Orion logo is retained (or added on, in the case of the Filmways and AIP libraries). In 1997, Metromedia sold Orion (and its contemporaries, the Samuel Goldwyn Company and Motion Picture Corporation of America) to MGM, with the deal finalized in late 1998. www.yourencyclopedia.net /Orion_Pictures_Corporation.html

tvprod.shtml Filmways took it to NBC, with whom they had a first right of refusal or first look, and NBC financed development of the project. Filmways brought in the Emmy award winning producers-writers from the hit series Welcome Back, Kotter to write, produce and steer the show ( Whacked Out starring Desi Arnaz, Jr.) -- because it was their turn to have a show. A deal memo was written and Filmways bought the rights to their idea. www.issues-mag.com /Sept_Oct/tvprod.shtml

Infineon Raceway History A group calling itself Black Mountain Inc., which included Bob Bondurant, William J. Kolb of Del Mar and Howard Meister of Newport Beach, purchased the track from Filmways for a reported $1.5 million. Filmways regained ownership of the track and Williams, Rick Betts and John Andersen purchased the track from Filmways at an auction for $800,000. Moselle was under orders from Filmways to clear spectator restrictions with the county of Sonoma and to build a major-event schedule. www.infineonraceway.com /raceway_info/about_infineon_raceway/history

St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Mister Ed Filmways pitched the show to the Studebaker Corporation, which was interested in aligning itself with an unusual television program. Filmways paid $1,500 to acquire the horse, which stood 15 hands high and weighed 1,100 pounds. A 15-minute presentation film was prepared, containing the funniest bits from the original pilot and an introduction of the new cast. www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_tov/ai_2419100814

Orion Pictures Corporation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Filmways, Inc. (which had produced well-remembered TV shows in the late en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Orion_Pictures_Corporation

Talk:Filmways - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Look for Filmways in the Commons, our repository for free images, music, sound, and video. Look for Filmways in Wiktionary, our sister dictionary project. If you have created this page in the past few minutes and it has not yet appeared, it may not be visible due to a delay in updating the database. www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Filmways

Sharon Marie Tate-Polanski. The Victims. Cielodrive.com:: The Story of The Manson Family and Their Victims Freed from Filmways, Sharon was signed by Columbia Pictures to star in The Wrecking Crew, the last film of the Matt Helm series, which also featured Dean Martin, Tina Louise, and Elke Sommer. He agreed to let her out of the Filmways contract, but at a price; Ransohoff would collect a percentage of her earnings for the next four years. Instead Filmways decided to invest in Sharon, spending over $100,000 on her. www.cielodrive.com /victims/tate

Stanley Goldstein's response A Filmways executive tried to coerce David into making a distribution deal for the eventual film, under the worst possible terms, using availability of the Sears Point racetrack as a lever. (11) What Filmways' interest was, what it wanted, what it did or didn't do, and why is a side story all its own. (3) This refers to the Filmways Corporation which owned the nearby Sears Point Raceway and had many other entertainment industry interests, about which there will be more later. www.loc.gov /film/goldstein.html

Filmways From behind the globe, the text "A FILMWAYS", in a 3D font and curved to match the globe's position, zoom in a north-forward direction. On the syndicated edition of the original Hollywood Squares, this logo had an on-screen appearance, and a Filmways byline was present, but would later have the full logo animation on screen. Voiceovers : Several voiceovers who said "This has been a Filmways presentation" on this logo on the shows they appeared on. members.fortunecity.com /teamfx2000/media/logodescription/mgm/filmways.htm

Trivia for "The Beverly Hillbillies" (1962) Kirkeby apparently broke the agreement her late husband had made with Filmways Productions, since the mansion's address was leaked and caused an endless stream of tourists to come to the mansion looking for Jed and Granny. Filmways was not allowed to film the mansion's exterior or film any long shots of the mansion grounds after that. An agreement was made between Filmways Productions and Arnold Kirkeby to film the exterior of the Kirkeby mansion. www.imdb.com /title/tt0055662/trivia

Sharon Tate - Actress - SharonTate.Info Filmways initially used Sharon for a one-time appearance as a student on " The Beverly Hillbillies " but soon added her as the recurring character Janet Trego. Gefsky also introduced Sharon to Martin Ransohoff, who was the chairman of Filmways. She played the part for two seasons wearing a dark wig to disguise her for bigger and better things while she gained acting experience. www.sharontate.info /index.htm

Filmways, Inc. ( Martin Ransohoff as President ) Filmways Pictures began in 1960 and lasted until 1983. AIP's TV division became the new distribution arm of Filmways Television, which also replaced Rhodes shortly after. There is a small mark in the center of the certificate but otherwise in EF+ Condition. www.kaleden.com /detail,filmways-martin-ransohoff,339229.html

Summer Lovers Gallagher Article The above article is an excerpt from a Filmways press release included in the Summer Lovers press kit. This was Peter Gallagher's fate as the star of Randal Kleiser's new feature for Filmways Pictures, "Summer Lovers". It was, as Gallagher said, a wonderful assignment until it came time to stomp grapes in an authentic Greek setting. summer-lovers.net /article.html

WNYC - Reading Room: The Fourth Network His resumé included stints at CBS, Viacom, and Filmways, mostly working in the selling of old television shows to local stations. When Filmways was acquired by Orion, Kellner was asked to stay on and thrived under the new management. It was at Filmways where he was credited with repackaging old Saturday Night Live episodes into thirty-minute shows for syndication. www.wnyc.org /books/31838

Petticoat Junction Scale Models During my initial conference with the people of Filmways TV Productions, they envisioned models of one-inch to one-foot scale or larger, as had been the practice for years in Hollywood movies. It might come as a surprise to many readers who at one time during the 1960s may have watched a segment or two of the long running television series Petticoat Junction without realizing the show occasionally utilized a set of scale models to enhance the image of its thin storyline. From these shots I drew a 7/16" scale side elevation drawing of the Sierra ten-wheeler and another of Wheeler's model as a comparison to judge which portions of each could be utilized/discarded and/or built new. petticoat.topcities.com /scalemodels.htm

Corgi - Diecast Models - B-25J Mitchell - 'Heavenly Body', 390th BS/42nd BG "Crusaders", 13th Air Force, Sansapor, New Guinea 1944 In 1969 it was purchased by Filmways Inc. and flown to Tallmantz Aviation at Orange County, California, for the Paramount movie, "Catch-22" and was one of eighteen B-25 aircraft used in that film. In 1972 it was then purchased by the present owner and underwent extensive restoration with sheer blood, sweat and tears and did not fly again until 1974. Following removal from military inventory in January 1959, it was then purchased by Avery Aviation and based at Graybull, Wyoming. www.corgi.co.uk /CorgiSite/AA2005CS/AA35301.htm

Green Acres -&--&- Filmways had no idea, that this would be such a big success. In 1965 Filmways Productions, came up with a great idea for a tv show called Green Acres. But re-runs have never gone off the air. www.freewebs.com /greenacresfans

Public Relations, Advertising & Promotions by Dick Delson & Associates Delson has been involved in high level policy and project planning and execution for entities such as Walt Disney Productions, Filmways Pictures, MCA, Inc./Universal Pictures and the Executive Branch of the Federal Government, Puerto Rico's Industrial and Tourism program "Operation Bootstrap," and the Jamaica, West Indies Industrial Development Corporation. As National Director of Publicity for Filmways Pictures, Delson was responsible for the publicity and promotion for "Dressed to Kill," "Blow Out," "Deathwish II," "Comin' at Ya!" (the first major 3-D film in more than 25 years), "Four Friends" and "Ragtime," which was produced by Filmways and later distributed by Paramount Pictures. In 2003, he was one of only three recipients of the prestigious Golden Satellite Award from the International Press Academy for Outstanding Service to the Entertainment Industry. publicity4u.com /bios_dd.htm

Films M Filmways had an 80min (f) print refused in 1982. In 1972, Filmways had a 96min (f) and a 98min (f) print refused. It was not until Palace Video cut the running time to 84mins (83min 54sec), that it was passed with an R rating www.refused-classification.com /Films_M.htm

reruns When Filmways had the shows they converted them to another tape format; Orion had them next and ignored them; MGM then acquired them and paid for the storage without realizing what they were even paying for. Back in the 1960s, Merrill Heatter and Bob Quigley sold their company to Filmways, which in turn later became Orion Television. The result: GSN acquired a package of what some sources say are in the neighborhood of 150 episodes. www.classicsquares.com /reruns.html

Filmways, Inc. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia One reason that the company's name is memorable to many is the practice of having one of the female characters of each of these shows, in character, saying, "This has been a Filmways presentation," at the close of each broadcast. It is probably best-known as the production company of www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Filmways

Re: MGM to release "Green Acres", "Mister Ed" DVDs In any case, Filmways in the 80s was bought by Orion Pictures, who in turn was swallowed by MGM, after Orion's bankruptcy. I thought the > old Filmways library ("Beverly Hillbillies", "Petticoat Junction", etc.) was > owned by Viacom, although maybe that only happened because "Hillbillies" and > "Petticoat" were Filmways co-productions with CBS (which spun off Viacom, > which eventually bought CBS). In the case of "Mister Ed", the series was a first run syndicated offering that was later bought by CBS to air on its prime time schedule, but they never had anything to do with its production or ownership. www.usenet.com /newsgroups/rec.arts.tv/msg18044.html

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