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United Artists have unveiled the first six minutes from the Bryan Singer's "Valkyrie," probably to get more people to go see it ... filmofilia.com

building that housed, at one time, the production offices for United Artists (that's right, Mary Pickford, Doug Fairbanks, and Charlie Chaplin ... video.tiscali.it

 VA In 1919, Pickford co-founded United Artists with Chaplin, Biograph's DW Griffith and actor, producer, director and writer Douglas Fairbanks. She was involved in every aspect of motion pictures, said Schmidt, from wardrobe to art direction and ...

Tom Cruise, director Singer, and United Artists have assembled an impressive production, filming in many of the actual Berlin locations where the historical events took place. The show begins with a battle in North Africa, to give the movie an action ... Cruise fit the role Winnipeg Sun

 MI The United Artists Theatre in Commerce, Michigan (also known as UA Commerce Stadium 14) is undoubtedly one of the best spots to catch a new flick. UA Commerce Stadium 14 has it all; from large auditoriums that seat a whopping 420 viewers, ...

United Artists) "Fanboys": "Fanboys" follows a tight-knit band of geeks in 1998 as they plot to travel cross country to break into George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch and sneak a peak at "Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace" before one of their ...

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Lieber & Stoller had a production deal with United Artists and signed the band to them. Their first recording was “Tonight” from the movie. It was a really good record but UA had two of their other acts record Tonight also. Most of the promotion money ...

 United States Meanwhile, back in Hollywood, Chaplin was working on another film, "Sunnyside" — and trying to salvage his artistic freedom by forming United Artists with Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and DW Griffith. He was also undermining his first marriage by ...

 PA Paramount, Columbia Pictures, MGM, Universal Pictures and United Artists built film exchanges along the Boulevard of the Allies from the 1920s to the 1950s. The Paramount Building, with the company's "Majestic Mountain" logo on the facade, ...

Because of her immense popularity and considerable success, Pickford was able to gain control over all aspects of her films – a rare thing then and now. Pickford was a co-founder of United Artists, and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of ...

 NY But, it would be nice of him if he attached himself to an MGM project since the studio, which owns his United Artists, is trying to become a thriving production company again. With Cruise, Washington and Cronenberg, it would be MGM's most high-profile ...

 New York - Lindsey Chapman YouTube offers a clip of “The Gold Rush,” with music and a narrative by Charles Chaplin. Among his many achievements, Chaplin, with Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and David Wark Griffith, founded United Artists Studios. He received two honorary ...

  USA Many of those stations have picked up something called This TV Network, a mix of old movies and TV shows owned by MGM/United Artists (Their slogan is "It doesn't get any better than This." You obviously disagree.) Luken, meanwhile, has said it intends ...

Rediff In the film, Olbricht’s moment of hesitation under fire becomes one of several twists of fate that threaten the plan to use Operation Valkyrie to overthrow Hitler’s government. Now, with Valkyrie, the second film under his United Artists umbrella, ...

Benjamin Button' tops international bo  United States - Feb 8, 2009 3 was Fox's release of United Artists' "Valkyrie," the World War II drama starring Tom Cruise that had been No. 1 overseas the previous two frames. ...

SCI FI PRESENTS US TELEVISION PREMIERE OF TWO 'STARGATE' FILMS ...  CA - Feb 5, 2009 Operating units including Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc., United Artists Films Inc., Ventanazul, MGM Television ...

 India - Feb 2, 2009 Additionally, Fox Star is also gearing up to release Valkyrie, a United Artists film directed by Bryan Singer and written by Christopher McQuarrie. ...

Valkyrie comes to us after months and months of behind-the-scenes trouble to do with distribution and the like. Not a very good thing when the studio is United Artists, which was recently revived by star Tom Cruise. There's little doubt that Valkyrie, ...

Douglas Fairbanks, "The First King of Hollywood"  NY - Jan 23, 2009 His other accomplishments include; serving as the Academy's first president, founder of United Artists, and along with his wife Mary Pickford, was the first ...

 Australia - This being about Germany during this time period, it has an inherent controversy" Paula Wagner's departure from United Artists, the company she and Cruise ... Tom Cruise plots to kill Hitler Daily Telegraph all 2 news articles

Throw in the fact that the film was financed by Cruise’s own studio, the reconstituted United Artists — whose debut, Lions for Lambs, was a box-office ... Tom Cruise : Tom Cruise may be sued for copying Hitler’s globe in ... Entertainment and Showbiz!

This ambitious movie is directed by Bryan Singer, and is the second production from United Artists - the company founded in 1919 by Charles Chaplin, ... Valkyrie Movie Review Contactmusic.com Bryan Singer - the misfit with the Midas touch Independent Cruise controlled The National

 United States - Jan 5, 2009 Fox opened United Artists' "Valkyrie" with Tom Cruise in Puerto Rico where it ranked No. 3 in the market with $185000 from 36 screens. ...

on Cruise, who not only stars but also put together the project under the banner of his company, United Artists. Since von Stauffenberg is badly injured ... Huffman review: In any language, Cruise's 'Valkyrie' is confusing ... Salisbury Post

 CA - Dec 30, 2008 By ANNE THOMPSON United Artists’ second release, “Valkyrie,” got off to a strong start over the Christmas holiday weekend, grossing $30 million in four days ...

By James Sanford | Kalamazoo Gazette Promotional one-sheet for HEAVEN'S GATE: No one can say the marketing department gave away the whole story of the movie in the advertising."What one loves about life are the things that fade" was the ad tagline attached to director Michael... Promotional one-sheet for HEAVEN'S GATE: No one...

 - Dec 28, 2008 insiders as one reason for the exit of Cruise's long-time business partner Paula Wagner from her job as chief executive of United Artists in August. ... Tom Cruise tries the risky business of 'Valkyrie' Reading Eagle all 663 news articles

 - Dec 26, 2008 insiders as one reason for the exit of Cruise's long-time business partner Paula Wagner from her job as chief executive of United Artists in August. ... Tom Cruise tries the risky business of 'Valkyrie' Reading Eagle all 663 news articles

By James Rocchi Best known as the writer of The Usual Suspects, Christopher McQuarrie has an impressive number of films on his resume (including his criminally overlooked directorial debut, The Way of the Gun), but Valkyrie -- opening nationwide this week -- saw him also serve as a producer alongside d...

By John Lichman We’ve known for months that absolutely nothing was wrong with Valkyrie, and now we’re just a few days away from watching this tiny independent feature storm the box office, redeem United Artists as a production entity and make Tom Cruise a respectable household name again. Taps

By STV MGM is paying dearly for the rest according to the NY Post, which reports today that the studio has spent $70 million marketing the Tom Cruise thriller in advance of its Christmas opening. That's about twice the average promotional budget for a studio opening expected to gross less than $1...

By LAT Blogs I've been hearing feedback on United Artists' "Valkyrie" from various reporters and writers in recent days, with the Tom Cruise-starring World War II thriller inspiring all sorts of buzz, from the good to the bad to the ugly. A lot... Photo of Tom Cruise in "Valkyrie" by Frank Connor / Studio B...

By Seth I LOVE Paula Wagner, but she wants to produce elsewhere and in her own venue, and I don't intend to stand in her way. I'll say this of her leaving United Artists - whatever Paula wants is what I want her to have! And I hope we'll continue working together on future projects."

By Seth The saga of Bryan Singer's Valkyrie, the Tom Cruise-as-Hitler-stalking -Nazi-infidel project that we frequently need to remind ourselves is an actual movie, and not just an improbable plot point in James Frey's Bright Shiny Morning—is not one for the fainthearted. From a location sho...

By STV We aren't sure if Nikki Finke has confused the continuing exec exodus from United Artists with just another routine bomb and/or anthrax threat, but either way, the 11th floor at MGM Tower is clearing out again: Jeff Kleeman is reportedly evacuating his office as Executive Vice Presiden...

By STV No word on whether or not Cruise and Paula Wagner's stalled United Artists tank might follow behind (especially as Dreamworks scouts new bungalows around town), but seeing as MGM still has a UA deal, M:I4 remains a separate matter. In any case, Redstone won't be leaving that one up to Grey,...

By STV Michael Cieply's latest dispatch from the Tom Cruise beat inventories the wreckage from the mid-air collision that is Valkyrie and United Artists, including exclusive interviews with hobbled pilots Paula Wagner and Bryan Singer. For Singer's part, he's fine to let the film speak for i...

By STV In a rumored attempt at brokering the type of fragile, public peace not seen since the Camp David accords 30 years ago, Tom Cruise and Sumner Redstone apparently had lunch together Thursday at the Beverly Hills Hotel's Polo Lounge. Or so report spies for The Wall Street Journal and Page Six...

By Mark One studio in Hollywood, at least, may not think that this strike situation is really all that bad. A Defamer operative tells us there's a rumor floating around that since it struck its side-deal with the Writers Guild earlier this week, Tom Cruise's United Artists has been deluged with "2...

By Des Los Angeles (E! Online) - Thanks to yet another production hangup, Tom Cruise’s Valkyrie won’t be taking flight as planned. For Valkyrie, Cruise wields an eye patch and a German accent to play Claus von Stauffenberg, a Nazi colonel who plotted the only known assassination attempt agains...

By Mark · Tom Cruise's career as a studio mogul is off to an inauspicious start, as poor box office results for Lions for Lambs suggest he hasn't quite cultivated the hitmaking instincts MGM believed he had when they handed him United Artists. Next up: Tom tries to kill Hitler! [Variety]

By Erik Davis I was watching my local news last night on Fox when during their entertainment portion (we love ya Toni Senecal), they absolutely bashed Tom Cruise. Which is odd for them because they don't usually go after someone hard like that. Toni? What's up? Over the weekend, Cruise's latest film Lion...

By Mark When MGM turned over the reigns of its moribund United Artists label to Tom Cruise a few short months after the actor/producer/freelance detox technician was cruelly cast out of the Paramount family, we just assumed that the burgeoning mogul would effortlessly greenlight himself up a...

By Mark · Tom Cruise's United Artists greenlights its second film (what, you thought Cruise wasn't serious about this pretending to run a studio thing?), getting into The Usual Suspects business by nabbing an ensemble thriller reuniting Team Soze's Bryan Singer and Chris McQuarrie. [Variety...

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By Mark Variety's Peter Bart, himself once the "nominal" head of United Artists, offers Tom Cruise some unsolicited career advice. Among the tips: Nurture maverick talent. Also: Shut the hell up about the Scientology stuff, and act like the nice Quakers and Mormons who don't shove their religio...

By Mark The NY Post reports that Daniel Snyder, the Redskins owner and amusement park magnate who helped suddenly homeless megastar Tom Cruise in his darkest, post-Paramount moments by offering the actor an unconventional exchange of production company overhead for high-profile mascot se...

By Mark That couldn't have been an easy day; no one with dreams of making their way in Hollywood in front of the camera wants an agent to summon her to the office, close the door gently behind her, and say, "Kid, let's face it—this acting thing ain't happening. That dream dies here. But you know what? Yo...

By Mark LOS ANGELES, CA November 2, 2006 — United Artists, the studio founded by movie greats Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and D.W. franchises as "Rocky," "Pink Panther" and "James Bond," will be reborn under a partnership formed between Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner and