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{{Infobox company | {{Infobox company | ||
|name = United Artists | |name = United Artists | ||
|image=[[File:United Artists logo.png]] | |image=[[File:United Artists logo.png]] | ||
|founded=February 5, 1919 ({{age|1919|2|5}} years ago) | |founded=February 5, 1919 ({{age|1919|2|5}} years ago) | ||
|founder={{unbulleted list|{{w|Mary Pickford}}|{{w|Douglas Fairbanks}}|{{w|Charlie Chaplin}}|{{w|D. W. Griffith}}}} | |founder={{unbulleted list|{{w|Mary Pickford}}|{{w|Douglas Fairbanks}}|{{w|Charlie Chaplin}}|{{w|D. W. Griffith}}}} | ||
|formerly=United Artists Corporation (1919-1982)<br>MGM/UA Entertainment Co. (1982-1986)<br>United Artists Pictures Inc. (1986-2000)<br>United Artists Films Inc. (2000-2006)<br>United Artists Entertainment LLC (2006-2014)<br>United Artists Media Group (2014-2015)<br>United Artists Digital Studios (2018-2020) | |||
|country=[[:Category:United States|United States]] | |country=[[:Category:United States|United States]] | ||
|parent=[[ | |parent=[[Amazon MGM Studios]]<br>([[Amazon]]) | ||
}} | }} | ||
===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''United Artists''' was formed in 1919 by four of the leading figures in the early Hollywood era: Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith. It was largely sold to Arthur Krim and Robert Benjamin in 1951; both Chaplin and Pickford sold the remaining shares to Krim and Benjamin in 1956. United Artists was sold to Transamerica Corporation on April 27, 1967, and later to Kirk Kerkorian's Tracinda, Inc. (the | '''United Artists''' was formed in 1919 by four of the leading figures in the early Hollywood era: Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, and D. W. Griffith. It was largely sold to Arthur Krim and Robert Benjamin in 1951; both Chaplin and Pickford sold the remaining shares to Krim and Benjamin in 1956. United Artists was sold to Transamerica Corporation on April 27, 1967, and later to Kirk Kerkorian's Tracinda, Inc. (then the owner of [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]) on July 28, 1981. MGM would use both their brand and United Artists as labels during this time under the MGM/UA brand. | ||
In 1986, [[Turner Entertainment Co.|Turner Broadcasting System]] purchased MGM/UA Entertainment Co. and renamed it to MGM Entertainment Co. United Artists' assets were purchased back by Kirk Kerkorian who would use them to found a new company under | In 1986, [[Turner Entertainment Co.|Turner Broadcasting System]] purchased MGM/UA Entertainment Co. and renamed it to MGM Entertainment Co. United Artists' assets were purchased back by Kirk Kerkorian, who would use them to found a new company under that name. However, when Turner gained heavy debt over the MGM purchase, he sold the company back to Kirk Kerkorian, with the new United Artists being renamed as [[MGM/UA Communications Co.|MGM/UA Communications Company]], with MGM and United Artists being used as distribution labels. This still wasn't enough, as the company gained a loss of $88 million, leading to MGM and United Artists splitting into separate divisions. | ||
By 1990, after the purchase of MGM/UA by Giancarlo Parretti, United Artists became dormant in favor of the MGM label being used instead. In 1993, after Crédit Lyonnais' purchase of MGM, he convinced John Calley to run UA, allowing the ''Pink Panther'' and ''James Bond'' franchises alongside one of the few NC-17 films released by a major studio, ''Showgirls'' (which was distributed internationally by [[Chargeurs]]). Kirk Kerkorian later repurchased MGM in 1996, and Calley resigned. | By 1990, after the purchase of MGM/UA by Giancarlo Parretti, United Artists became dormant in favor of the MGM label being used instead. In 1993, after Crédit Lyonnais' purchase of MGM, he convinced John Calley to run UA, allowing the ''Pink Panther'' and ''James Bond'' franchises alongside one of the few NC-17 films released by a major studio, ''Showgirls'' (which was distributed internationally by [[Chargeurs]]). Kirk Kerkorian later repurchased MGM in 1996, and Calley resigned. | ||