United Artists

Also known as UAC, UA, United Artist

American moving image production and distribution company (founded 1919)

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United Artists was an American film production and distribution company founded in 1919 that played a significant role in the movie industry. The company was important because it allowed filmmakers and actors to have greater creative control over their work by producing and distributing their own films rather than working under the strict studio system that dominated Hollywood at the time.

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Vinony's link graph records 4,733 inbound references to United Artists, and connects out to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group and film.

It is catalogued under topics including 1919 establishments in California, 1950s initial public offerings and 1981 mergers and acquisitions.

Vinony links it to 59 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Official name: United Artists Pictures, Inc.
Image: United Artists contract signature 1919.jpg

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name: United Artists Corporation
Commons category: United Artists
inception: 1919-02-05
native label: United Artists
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 2019-12-31

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Encyclopedic overview

United Artists (UA) is an American film and television production and distribution company owned by Amazon MGM Studios. In its original operating period, it was founded on February 5, 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.

After numerous ownership and structural changes and revamps, United Artists was acquired by media conglomerate Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1981 for a reported $350 million ($1.2 billion today). On September 22, 2014, MGM acquired a controlling interest in One Three Media and Lightworkers Media and merged them to revive the television production unit of United Artists as United Artists Media Group (UAMG). MGM itself acquired UAMG on December 14, 2015, and folded it into their own television division.

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