| LC control no. | n 50057783 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | United Artists Corporation |
| Variant(s) | MGM/UA Entertainment Co. United Artists United Artists (Firm : 1919-1986) |
| See also | Founder: Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977 Founder: Fairbanks, Douglas, 1883-1939 Founder: Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948 Founder: Pickford, Mary, 1892-1979 Product of a merger: MGM/UA Entertainment Co. |
| Biography/History note | United Artists Corporation was a motion picture production and distribution company. The company was established by Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith in 1919. In 1981 the company was purchased by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and merged to form MGM/UA Entertainment. It operated as a subsidiary unit within MGM/UA until the sale of the company in 1986. |
| Beginning date | 1919 |
| Ending date | 1986 |
| Field of activity | Motion pictures--Production and direction Motion pictures--Distribution |
| Found in | The African Queen. [MP] 1951. Pumpkin, 2002: credits (United Artists, an MGM company) Int. dir. of company histories, 2007: p. 263 (founded 1919 by Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith) p. 266 (purchased by MGM in 1981; merged to form MGM/UA Entertainment Co.) p. 267 (MGM/UA purchased in 1986, United Artists sold as a separate company; name changed to MGM/UA Communications) Wikipedia, Jan. 28, 2011 (motion picture production, distribution company) United Artists, 1987: p. 342 (United Artists merged with MGM to form MGM/UA Entertainment Company; UA continued operations as a subsidiary of MGM) p. 343 (MGM/UA sold to Ted Turner in 1986, former MGM owner Kerkorian repurchased UA, called United Artists Pictures; neither the original company or successor company; new company owning assets of former United Artists) |
| Associated language | eng |
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