Search results
James Harvey Nicholson (September 14, 1916 – December 10, 1972) was an American film producer. He is best known as the co-founder, with Samuel Z. Arkoff, of American International Pictures.
James H. Nicholson was a longtime theater owner and exhibitor and worked as a promo man for Realart Pictures prior to 1954, when he founded American Releasing Corp., Two years later, he decided he wanted to expand globally and, with lawyer Samuel Z. Arkoff, formed American International Pictures.
James H. Nicholson was a longtime theater owner and exhibitor and worked as a promo man for Realart Pictures prior to 1954, when he founded American Releasing Corp., Two years later, he decided he wanted to expand globally and, with lawyer Samuel Z. Arkoff, formed American International Pictures.
It was formed on April 2, 1954, as American Releasing Corporation (ARC) by former Realart Pictures Inc. sales manager James H. Nicholson and entertainment lawyer Samuel Z. Arkoff and their first release was the 1953 UK documentary film Operation Malaya.
Dec 11, 1972 · LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10 (AP) —James H. Nicholson, who pro duced dozens of movies for teen‐age audiences, died at the U.C.L.A. Medical Center today, in the aftermath of surgery for a brain tumor in...
Mar 22, 2022 · The film business had changed, James H. Nicholson was long gone, and Arkoff was moving on. Although he would release a smattering of pictures throughout the 1980s via Arkoff International Pictures – including cult classics like Q: The Winged Serpent (1985) – it was time for Arkoff to call it quits.
Sep 18, 2001 · When Arkoff and partner James H. Nicholson founded AIP in 1954, the major Hollywood studios were little interested in movies aimed at teenagers, or in the summer releasing season.
