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United Artists Corporation ( UA) was an American production and distribution company founded in 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks as a venture premised on allowing actors to control their own financial and artistic interests rather than being dependent upon commercial studios.
Nov 13, 2009 · On February 5, 1919, Hollywood heavyweights Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith join forces to create their own film studio, which they called the United Artists...
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Feb 5, 2021 · On the 5th of February, more than a century ago, the American film industry changed forever. A production studio called “United Artists” (UA) was established in 1919 by actual artists rather than businessmen.
United Artists was founded in 1919 by Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks (1883–1939), and D. W. Griffith (1875–1948) as a means of insuring control over the marketing of their pictures.
Apr 8, 2019 · With film credits like Modern Times (1936), High Noon (1952), and Raging Bull (1980), United Artists has been a major force in Hollywood since its founding in 1919. Film scholar Gaylyn Studlar writes about the company’s creation and the men — and woman — behind it all.
The Creation of United Artists. T hey called themselves United Artists, but the trades called it a “rebellion against established producing and distributing arrangements” when Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith went before the cameras on February 5, 1919 to sign the documents that created the corporation ...
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Sep 25, 2014 · Mary Pickford and director D.W. Griffith decided to create a company to protect their films, giving themselves full control over their projects. This company, called United Artists, was the one they then created, along with famous British actor Charlie Chaplin and Pickford’s husband Douglas Fairbanks, who was also an actor.
