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- DictionaryU·nit·ed Art·ists/yo͞oˌnīdid ˈäːdists/
- 1. a movie production company founded in 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, and D. W. Griffith.
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United Artists Corporation (UA) was an American production and distribution company founded in 1919 by D.W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks as a venture premised on allowing actors to control their own interests rather than being dependent upon commercial studios.
Nov 13, 2009 · On February 5, 1919, Hollywood heavyweights Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith join forces to create their own film studio, which they called the United Artists...
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United Artists was founded in 1919 by Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks (1883–1939), and D. W. Griffith (1875–1948) as a means of insuring control over the marketing of their pictures.
Feb 5, 2021 · On the 5th of February, more than a century ago, the American film industry changed forever. A production studio called “United Artists” (UA) was established in 1919 by actual artists rather than businessmen.
The Creation of United Artists. T hey called themselves United Artists, but the trades called it a “rebellion against established producing and distributing arrangements” when Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith went before the cameras on February 5, 1919 to sign the documents that created the corporation ...
Oct 4, 2019 · They called themselves United Artists, but the trades called it a “rebellion against established producing and distributing arrangements.” Paramount Pictures founder Adolph Zukor...
May 26, 2021 · United Artists was founded 102 years ago as the first American independent film studio. Now it has a new home at Amazon.
