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Associated Artists Productions
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Foundation date 1 january 1948
Associated Artists Productions (a.a.p.) was a distributor of theatrical feature films and short subjects for television. Through acquisitions, a.a.p. was later folded into United Artists, with its library eventually passing to Turner Entertainment, now part of Time Warner.
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Filmography of Associated Artists Productions (6 films)
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Eight O'Clock Walk (1954)
, 1h27Directed by Lance Comfort
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Richard Attenborough, Cathy O'Donnell, Derek Farr, Ian Hunter, Maurice Denham, Bruce Seton
Just-married taxi driver Thomas Lesley ‘Tom’ Manning is led to an abandoned bomb-site by an eight-year-old girl who says that she has lost her dog. The kind-hearted Manning gives her his handkerchief to dry her tears. She then runs off taunting Manning as an April-fool prank. He stumbles and raises a fist at her – and this is witnessed by Mrs Zunz.
An Inspector Calls (1954)
, 1h20Directed by Guy Hamilton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Alastair Sim, Jane Wenham, Brian Worth, Olga Lindo, Arthur Young, Bryan Forbes
Set in 1912, a dinner party held by the upper class Birling family is interrupted by a man calling himself Inspector Poole, investigating the suicide of a lower class girl Eva Smith whose death is linked to each family member.
, 1h20Directed by Maurice Elvey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Bonar Colleano, Diana Dors, David Tomlinson, Sid James, Lou Jacobi, Peter Butterworth
When US Navy airman Commander Laurie Vining takes up his new posting in London with his new wife Gillian he has no idea that his first wife Candy Markham will turn up and threaten his martial bliss by claiming they are still married. Faithful confidant Hank Hanlon continually stirs things up and tries to keep order. Other lives that are changed forever by the intervention include lawyer Frank Betterton.
The Naked Heart (1950)
, 1h36Directed by Roger Vadim, Marc Allégret
Origin France
Genres Drama
Actors Michèle Morgan, Kieron Moore, Françoise Rosay, Jack Watling, Philippe Lemaire, Nancy Price
Dans le décor magnifique mais inhospitalier du Grand Nord Canadien, ce mélodrame tiré du célèbre roman de Louis Hémon, met en scène la jeune Maria (sublime Michèle Morgan) de retour au pays, dont la beauté attire tous les prétendants... et déclenche les jalousies. Mais son amour pour un trappeur volage (Philippe Lemaire) tourne au drame.
Jammin' the Blues (1944)
, 10minutesOrigin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Knox Manning
Ce court-métrage est une jam session de plusieurs musiciens de jazz afro-américains dont Lester Young, Marie Bryant au chant et le danseur Archie Savage qui fait du Jitterbug dans une ambiance sombre qui correspond à la musique. Le film a été révolutionnaire en son temps et a été une vitrine pour les musiciens et les artistes alors peu connus qui, autrement, n'auraient pas été ainsi exposés au public.
, 1h33Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films, Évasion
Actors Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson, Preston Foster, Noel Francis, Allen Jenkins
Sergeant James Allen (Paul Muni) returns to civilian life after World War I but his war experience makes him restless. His family feels he should be grateful for a tedious job as an office clerk, and when he announces that he wants to become an engineer, they react with outrage. He leaves home to find work on any sort of project, but unskilled labor is plentiful and it's hard for him to find a job. Wandering and sinking into poverty, he accidentally becomes caught up in a robbery and is sentenced to ten years on a brutal Southern chain gang.