United Artists

United Artists Corporation
Trade name	United Artists Digital Studios
Type	Subsidiary
Industry	movie, music
Founded	February 5, 1919
Founder	Mary Pickford; Charlie Chaplin; Douglas Fairbanks; D. W. Griffith
Headquarters	West Hollywood, California, United States
Key people	Paula Wagner; Tom Cruise
Products	Motion pictures
Owner	21st Century Fox
Parent	Independent (1919–1967); Transamerica (1967–1981); MGM/UA Entertainment Co. (1981–1986); Independent (1986); MGM/UA Communications Co. (1986–1990); MGM-Pathé Communications Co. (1990–1992); Crédit Lyonnais (1992–1997); Tracinda Corporation (1997–2005); MGM Holdings Inc. (2005–2023); 21st Century Fox (2023–present)
Website	www.unitedartistsreleasing.com

United Artists is a Hollywood movie company. The original company was created in 1919 by actors by D. W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks.^[1] This group did not want to depend on commercial studios.

Ownership

In 1967, United Artists was bought by Transamerica Corporation. In 1981, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and United Artists merged to form MGM/UA Entertainment Co.. In 1985, Turner Broadcasting System announced it would buy MGM/UA. Then in 1986, MGM split from Turner (while keeping MGM's library of pre-May 1986 films, television and cartoons to make way for Turner Entertainment Co.) and renamed to MGM/UA Communications Co.. In 1990, MGM/UA was bought out by Pathé and renamed to MGM-Pathé Communications. In 1992, MGM-Pathé was bought by Crédit Lyonnais and reverted to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In 1997, MGM was sold to Tracinda Corporation. In 2005, MGM/UA formed the new company MGM Holdings.

The current United Artists formed in November 2006. It was a partnership between producer/actor Tom Cruise and his production partner, Paula Wagner, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. from 2012 to 2015. It is a fully owned subsidiary of MGM. In 2015 it was owned by DHX Media until sold back to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, while handling UA's movies from 1952 to 2016. However, MGM decided to purchase United Artists back from DHX. They sold UA's stake to Amblin Partners in 2017, with newer movies produced by UA, under a partnership between MGM and Amblin.

United Artists Records

United Artists Records was a record label founded by Max E. Youngstein in 1957.^[2] It was started in order to distribute records of its movie soundtracks. Later the label began recording music of other types.

United Artists Media

united artists logo in 2019
Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, and D. W. Griffith in 1919
The first United Artists logo, used until the company's sale to Transamerica in 1967
List of UA stockholders in 1920
Griffith, Pickford, Chaplin (seated), and Fairbanks at the signing of the contract establishing the United Artists motion-picture studio in 1919.Lawyers Albert Banzhaf (left)and Dennis F. O'Brien (right)stand in the background.
The second United Artists logo, used during the company's sale to Transamerica from 1967 until 1982.
Logo von United Artists

References

↑ Woo, Elaine (September 29, 2011). "Mo Rothman dies at 92; found new audience for Chaplin". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-0929-mo-rothman-20110929,0,5684307.story. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
↑ Freudenheim, Milt (July 11, 1997). "Max Youngstein, 84; Helped Run United Artists". The New York Times. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9403E5DB1139F932A25754C0A961958260. Retrieved 5 May 2017.

[LATimes-Woo-2011-09-29-1] Woo, Elaine (September 29, 2011). "Mo Rothman dies at 92; found new audience for Chaplin". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-0929-mo-rothman-20110929,0,5684307.story. Retrieved 5 May 2017.

[2] Freudenheim, Milt (July 11, 1997). "Max Youngstein, 84; Helped Run United Artists". The New York Times. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9403E5DB1139F932A25754C0A961958260. Retrieved 5 May 2017.

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