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  1. On August 21, 1986, United Artists announced its re-entry into film production; Baby Boom and Real Men were the first new films to commence production, with a slate of 26 films to follow in development. [56] United Artists was renamed MGM/UA Communications Company and organized into three main units: one television production and two film units ...

  2. Under Kerkorian, United Artists became a shell. The studio, which was essentially bankrupt following the disaster of Heaven's Gate, cut its production schedule sharply. MGM and UA were merged into MGM/UA Entertainment Co. from 1981 to 1987. UA was essentially dormant after 1989, releasing no films for several years.

  3. United Artists (UA) is an American film and television entertainment studio founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks. This is a list of feature films originally produced or distributed by United Artists, including those made overseas.

  4. 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. Filmmakers and actors like Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, D.W. Griffith and Douglas Fairbanks banded together in order to ensure ...

  5. Oct 4, 2019 · Fairbanks died in 1939 and Pickford, whose final film as an actress, “Secrets,” had been released in 1933, formed her own production company and continued to serve on the UA board.

  6. Supernova. January 14, 2000. Set in the 22nd century, when a battered salvage ship sends out a distress signal, the seasoned crew of the rescue hospital ship Nova-17 responds. What they find is a black hole--that threatens to destroy both ships--and a mysterious survivor whose body quickly mutates into a monstrous and deadly form.

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  8. The takeover of Paramount by Gulf + Western in 1966 marked the first such entry of a conglomerate into the film industry. This move was followed by the merger of United Artists with Transamerica Corporation, a full-line financial service organization headquartered in San Francisco in 1967. The takeover was a friendly one, but relations between ...