Vanguard Films

This article is about the 1943-951 film company. For animation company, see Vanguard Films & Animation. For the publishing company called Vanguard Productions, see J. David Spurlock.

Vanguard Films, Inc., often named only as Vanguard, was an American film production company, established by producer David O. Selznick in 1943, after the dissolution of Selznick International Pictures. The company's president was Daniel T. O'Shea, while Dore Schary was the head of production. The company was liquidated in 1951.[1]

When Selznick International ceased to exist, Vanguard took over the three films still in production – Since You Went Away, I'll Be Seeing You and Hitchcock's Spellbound – and delivered them to the distributor United Artists, thus fulfilling Selznick's contract with UA.

After the agreement with United Artists was completed, Vanguard films were distributed by RKO Radio Pictures or Selznick Releasing Organization. Notable films among those are Hitchcock's Notorious and The Paradine Case, and King Vidor's Duel in the Sun.

Filmography

Library

Like most Selznick productions, films made by Vanguard are now owned by ABC with home video rights controlled by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The notable exceptions are The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (which is now owned by Warner Bros., via-Turner Entertainment) and Gone to Earth.

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References

  1. ↑ The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry, page 221: Vanguard Films, Inc. Linked via Google Books 2014-02-23
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