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Republic Pictures

Republic Pictures
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Foundation date 1 january 1935

Republic Pictures was an American independent film production-distribution corporation with studio facilities, operating from 1935 through 1959, and was best known for specializing in westerns, movie serials, and B films emphasizing mystery and action.

The studio was also responsible for financing and distributing one Shakespeare film, Orson Welles' Macbeth (1948), and several of the films of John Ford during the 1940s and early 1950s. It was also notable for developing the careers of John Wayne, Gene Autry, and Roy Rogers.

Best films

Highlander II: The Quickening
Highlander II: The Quickening
(1991) Sands of Iwo Jima
Sands of Iwo Jima
(1950) The Quiet Man
The Quiet Man
(1952) Army Girl
Army Girl
(1938) Women in War
Women in War
(1940) Moonrise
Moonrise
(1948)
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Filmography of Republic Pictures (640 films)

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Production

Flight Nurse
Flight Nurse (1953)
, 1h30
Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Joan Leslie, Forrest Tucker, Arthur Franz, Jeff Donnell, Ben Cooper, Kristine Miller

Two Air Force soldiers, Captain Mike Barnes (Arthur Franz) and Captain Bill Eaton (Forrest Tucker), fall in love with flight nurse Lt. Polly Davis (Joan Leslie) during the Korean War.
Sweethearts on Parade
Sweethearts on Parade (1953)
, 1h30
Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Lucille Norman, Bill Shirley, Estelita Rodríguez, Clinton Sundberg, Harry Carey, Jr., Irving Bacon

Dans les années 1870, à Kokomo (Indiana). Sylvia Townsend vit avec sa mère Kathleen, qui enseigne la musique aux enfants de la ville. Kathleen est courtisée par le docteur, Harold Wayne, dont le fils est amoureux de Sylvia.
The Quiet Man
The Quiet Man (1952)
, 2h9
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond, Victor McLaglen, Mildred Natwick

In the 1920s, Sean Thornton (John Wayne), an Irish-born American from Pittsburgh, travels to Ireland to reclaim his family's farm and his birthplace in Inisfree. He meets and falls in love with the fiery Mary Kate Danaher (Maureen O'Hara), the sister of the bullying, loud-mouthed landowner Squire "Red" Will Danaher (Victor McLaglen). Danaher, who had wanted the farm himself, is angry that the Widow Tillane (herself angered by Danaher's admission that he had discussed her in the local pub) accepts Sean's bid, and retaliates by refusing consent for his sister to marry. Several town locals, including the Catholic priest, Father Lonergan (Ward Bond), conspire to trick him into believing that the wealthy Widow Tillane (Mildred Natwick) wants to marry him, but only if Mary Kate is no longer living in his house. After learning the truth on Sean and Mary Kate's wedding day, an enraged Will refuses to give his sister her dowry which is made up of a large sum of money and her family possessions passed down from her mother.
I Dream of Jeanie
I Dream of Jeanie (1952)
, 1h30
Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Political films
Actors Bill Shirley, Ray Middleton, Lynn Bari, Rex Allen, Richard "Dick" Simmons, Andrew Tombes

In 1849 the song Oh, Susannah is a nationwide hit--but bookkeeper Stephen Foster has given his work to several music houses without charge and without credit. His refined true love Inez McDowell, a classically trained singer, despises popular music, especially Stephen's songs. Foster's world changes when Edwin P. Christy sets him straight on the music business and launches his career as an author of the songs the Christy Minstrels use in their shows.
Thunderbirds
Thunderbirds (1952)
, 1h38
Directed by John H. Auer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Demons in film, Political films
Actors John Derek, John Drew Barrymore, Mona Freeman, Gene Evans, Frank Wilcox, Ward Bond

Close friends Gil Hackett and Tom McCreary both love and leave the same girl, Mary Caldwell, after they are called up to the Oklahoma National Guard and then on to the Army for wartime duty in 1940.
Hoodlum Empire
Hoodlum Empire (1952)
, 1h38
Directed by Joseph Kane
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Brian Donlevy, Claire Trevor, Forrest Tucker, Vera Ralston, Luther Adler, John Russell

Former gangster Joe Gray (Russell) joined the army during World War II and became a hero is now leading a respectable life. When he is called before a grand jury to testify against organized crime activities, his former mobster colleagues prepare to take measures to ensure that he doesn't.