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First National Pictures was an American motion picture production and distribution company. It was founded in 1917 as First National Exhibitors' Circuit, Inc., an association of independent theatre owners in the United States, and became the country's largest theater chain.
First National Pictures is a defunct American motion picture production and distribution company. It was founded in 1917 as First National Exhibitors' Circuit, Inc., an association of independent theater owners in the United States, and became the country's largest theater chain.
Release DateTitleNotesSeptember 23, 1917The Fall of the RomanoffsDistributionDecember 3, 1917AlimonyDistributionDecember 23, 1917Daughter of DestinyDistributionMarch 10, 1918DistributionApr 1, 2024 · First National was an association of independent theater owners in the United States that was founded in 1917 as First National Exhibitors' Circuit, Inc. The company expanded from exhibiting movies to distributing them, and eventually to producing them as a movie studio.
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First National Pictures was an American motion picture production and distribution company. It was founded in 1917 as First National Exhibitors' Circuit, Inc., an association of independent theatre owners in the United States, and became the country's largest theater chain.
In history of film: The Hollywood studio system. Throughout the 1920s, Paramount, MGM, First National, and other studios had conducted ambitious campaigns of vertical integration by ruthlessly acquiring first-run theatre chains.
Feb 21, 2023 · First National Pictures was a US film production and distribution company founded in 1917 as a theatre association. In 1924, it became a motion picture production company and an important studio. Control was passed to Warner Bros. in 1928, which completely absorbed it in 1929.
