Sunday, September 04, 2022

National General Pictures/Cinema Centre Films

 Short lived production company of the late 60s and early 70s like Cinema Centre.

CCF

A company of CBS to make theatrical films. Would rent facilities. Aimed for cost of $3 million a film. Started in March 1967.

* With Six You Get Eggroll (1968)

*A Fine Pair (1968)

*The April Fools (1969)

*Me Natalie (1969)

*The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969)

*Hail Hero (1969) - Michael Douglas drama

*A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969)

*The Reivers (1969)

*The Boys in the Band (1969)

*A Man Called Horse (1970) - Western with Richard Harris

*Something for Everyone (1970) - Harold Prince directed, Michael York

*Darker Than Amber (1970) - Rod Taylor as Travis McGee

*Adam at 6AM (1970) - more Michael Douglas

*Figures in a Landcsape (1970) - Joseph Losey

*Monte Walsh (1970) - Lee Marvin western

*Scrooge (1970) - British musical with Albert Finney

*Homer (1970) - Vietnam War homefront drama with Don Scardino

*Little Big Man (1970) - Dustin Hodfman/Arthur Penn Indian drama

*Rio Lobo (1970) - John Wayne western directed by Howard Hawks

*Black Water White Drath (1971)

*Big Jake (1971) - John Wayne western, a big hit

*Who is Harry Kellerman and Why is He Saying All These Things About Me? (1971) - Dustin Hoffman flop

*Le Mans (1971) -car racing film for Steve McQueen

*The African Elephant (1971) - documentary

*Something Big (1971) - Dean Martin western directed by Andrew McLaglen

*Christian Licorice Store (1971)

*The Little Ark (1972) - children's film

*The Revengers (1972) - Holden-Borgnine western

*The War Between Men and Women (1972) - Jack Lemmon film

*Prime Cut (1972) - Michael Ritchie film with Gene Hackman, Lee Marvin and Sissy Spacek

*Snoopy Come Home (1972)

Sept 1971 Gordon Stulberg joined Fox as preident, replaced by Milton Goldstein.

NGP (them as a production company - they also distributed some films)

* Robert kennedy Remembered (1968)

*The Stalking Moon (1968)

*Charro! (1969) - Elvis Presley Western

*A Dream of Kings (1969)

*Daddy's Gone a Hunting (1969) - Mark Robson, Lorenzo Semple

*Lattitude Zero (1969) - Japanese film with Joe Cotten

*The Grasshopper (1970) - melodrama with Jacie Bisset and Jim Brown

*The Cheyenne Social Club (1970) - with Stewart and Fonda

*El Condor (1970) - Western with Jim Brown and Lee Van Cleef

*The Baby Maker (1970) - James Bridges film

*The Todd Killings (1971) - serial kilelr movie

June 1969 - Charles Boasberg its new president

Late 1972 American Financial Corp starts buying stock and taking over

NGP released First Artists films like Judge Roy Bean, Pocket Money, Up the Sandbox

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