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Batjac Productions is an independent film production company co-founded by John Wayne in 1952 as a vehicle for Wayne to both produce and star in movies. The first Batjac production was Big Jim McLain released by Warner Bros. in 1952, and its final film was McQ, in 1974, also distributed by Warner Bros.
Batjac Productions is a film production company founded by John Wayne. The company only used an in-credit notice when they produced films, the logo was used for later prints of the films.
Background: Batjac Productions is a film production company founded by the late John Wayne. The company only used an in-credit notice when they produced films, the logo was used for later prints of the films. (1990s?- Logo: On a black background, we see a brown-wooden trapesium that reads "BATjAC". The copyright reference is read below.
Aug 6, 2021 · The original brand on Seven Men from Now is John Wayne’s Batjac Productions. The Duke had bought Burt Kennedy’s screenplay as a vehicle for himself but then moseyed off to star in John Ford’s epic The Searchers instead.
In 1956 the production company became Batjac Productions, the banner under which Wayne would produce nearly 30 more films before his death. Batjac was a misspelling of Batak, a reference from a 1948 film Wayne made at Republic, Wake of the Red Witch, with his recurring leading lady Gail Russell.
Jul 10, 2023 · Although now released by Paramount, the Batjac films originally distributed by Warner Bros. still retained their original "WB Shield" logos, as part of a cross-licensing deal between the two companies- which also permitted the use of the original Paramount Pictures logos on the Warner-owned Fleischer/Famous Studios Popeye the Sailor cartoons.
This collection contains business and production records of John Wayne's company Batjac Productions. Records include personnel files, tax information, and post-production files from 1957-1975.
