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Santana Productions was a film production company founded in 1948 by Humphrey Bogart. It was named after his yacht (and the cabin cruiser in Key Largo). The company released its films, known for its film noir through Columbia Pictures, but the majority of its motion pictures lost money at the box office, ultimately forcing the sale of Santana.
YearTitleDistributorProducer19491949ColumbiaRobert Lord1949ColumbiaRobert Lord1950ColumbiaRobert LordAug 6, 2013 · Santana Films has been pledged $5 million from L.A.-based boutique venture capital fund Orange Equity for the first slate of movies. By Aaron Couch. August 6, 2013 9:00am. Santana Films....
Writer/Producer/Director Steve Anderson is the creative force behind Santana Films. He is the producer/writer/director of our new thriller This Last Lonely Place, a Kickstarter success story, which stars Rhys Coiro, Xander Berkeley and Carly Pope.
Santana Films is guided by Bogie’s intrepid and passionate spirit. We are a filmmaker-driven company, striving to create entertaining films for audiences that appreciate a focus on well-told stories and great acting.
- In A Lonely Place. 1950's "In A Lonely Place" marked the ultimate Humphrey Bogart performance, one that A.M. Sperber and Eric Lax's book, "Bogart," calls one of his most personal.
- The Big Sleep. Unlike "The Maltese Falcon," 1946's "The Big Sleep" is deliberately imperfect, with convoluted plotting around gambling debts, drugs and pornographers alluded to in oblique, censor-abiding ways, and a number of strong, seductive women out for detective Philip Marlowe (Bogart).
- The Maltese Falcon. 1941's "The Maltese Falcon" was a first in many ways — it's one of the first times Humphrey Bogart was the protagonist of a major film, and it gave John Huston his first shot at directing a movie.
- Key Largo. "Key Largo" was one of director John Huston and Humphrey Bogart's 1948 collaborations alongside the classic "Treasure of the Sierra Madre."
May 10, 2016 · Bogart produced the film through his independent Santana Productions, founded in a bid for greater artistic autonomy, and gave his greatest performance in a role that Louise Brooks, among others, thought came closest to his real character.
Aug 25, 2022 · In 1934, his luck changed when he was offered the role of gangster Duke Mantee in the Broadway production of Robert Sherwood’s “The Petrified Forest,” co-starring Leslie Howard. The role was unlike anything he had played up to that point, but Bogart was so convincing as a cold-blooded killer that the play became a hit.
