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United Artists Corporation

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Biography

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.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Timeline Films collection of restored Mary Pickford films, 1915-1925

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2144 Series 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Includes two videotape documentaries about Mary Pickford, one about Charles "Buddy" Rogers, and one about the formation of United Artists. Also includes interviews with Richard DeMille, Carol Eastman, Michael Kidd, and Evelyn Keyes, that were recorded during the research phase of the Timeline documentary, "The DeMille Dynasty". There are also five Mary Pickford feature films that were restored by Timeline: "Amarilly of Clothesline Alley", "Daddy Long Legs", "Little Annie Rooney", "Madame...
Dates: Other: 1915-1925

Timeline Films documentaries, approximately 1915-1997

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2144 Series 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Includes two videotape documentaries about Mary Pickford, one about Charles "Buddy" Rogers, and one about the formation of United Artists. Also includes interviews with Richard DeMille, Carol Eastman, Michael Kidd, and Evelyn Keyes, that were recorded during the research phase of the Timeline documentary, "The DeMille Dynasty". There are also five Mary Pickford feature films that were restored by Timeline: "Amarilly of Clothesline Alley", "Daddy Long Legs", "Little Annie Rooney", "Madame...
Dates: approximately 1915-1997

Timeline Films interviews, approximately 1915-1997

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2144 Series 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Includes two videotape documentaries about Mary Pickford, one about Charles "Buddy" Rogers, and one about the formation of United Artists. Also includes interviews with Richard DeMille, Carol Eastman, Michael Kidd, and Evelyn Keyes, that were recorded during the research phase of the Timeline documentary, "The DeMille Dynasty". There are also five Mary Pickford feature films that were restored by Timeline: "Amarilly of Clothesline Alley", "Daddy Long Legs", "Little Annie Rooney", "Madame...
Dates: approximately 1915-1997

United Artists, 1959

 File — Box 151: Series 2, Folder: 30
Identifier: MSS P 768 Series 2 File 673

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Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences 3
Performing Arts 3
Documentary films 1
Interviews 1
Motion picture actors and actresses -- Photographs 1