G.G. Communications

G.G. Communications
Industry Film distribution
Headquarters Boston, Massachusetts, United States[1]
Key people
 Nicholas W. Russo[2]
Owner Independent

G.G. Communications was a film distribution company based in Boston, Massachusetts.[1] Headed by city native Nicholas W. Russo (credited in releases as "N.W. Russo"),[1][2][3] it was responsible for the U.S. releases of various foreign films aimed at children.[2] G.G.'s titles included the Pippi Longstocking live-action films,[4] Rolf Kauka's Once Upon a Time,[3] and the 1975 anime feature based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid.[2] In the early 1980s, its films were released on VHS through the Video Gems label.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Marquee Staff (August 25, 1975). "Theater district may lose patrons". The Boston Globe. p. 26. Everything's coming up G's for Nick Russo, the Park Square Disney: The headman of the Boston-based G.G. Communications, a movie distributing outfit...
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Nicholas W. Russo, 75, was TV producer". The Baltimore Sun. September 20, 1991. p. 7.C. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
  3. 1 2 G.G. Communications (February 25, 1977). "Matinee advertisement for Once Upon a Time". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. p. 4B. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
  4. ↑ Commire, Anne, ed. (1985). Something About the Author 38. Gale Research Company. p. 132. ISBN 0-8103-0071-0. Retrieved October 5, 2011.
  5. ↑ Tiegel, Eliot (March 6, 1982). "Kid Stuff Clicks For 2-Year-Old Video Gems Company". Billboard (VNU/Nielsen Business Media) 94 (9): 66. Retrieved October 5, 2011.

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