Sunset Productions
Sunset Productions, Inc.was a television production and licensing subsidiary ofWarner Bros. Pictures[1][2]headed byJack M. Warner.[3]It was an entity separate fromWarner Bros. Television.[4]
History
[edit]Sunset was originally established as a subsidiary ofWarner Bros.that focused on television.[3]Its first production was a series of half-hour shows.[3]
On February 12, 1955, Warner Bros. sold the TV distribution rights to 191 of theirblack-and-whitecartoons to Guild Films[5]through Sunset.[6]The cartoons part of the deal were the black-and-whiteLooney Tunesand all of the non-Harman-Ising black-and-whiteMerrie Melodies.All references to Warner Bros. in the cartoons were removed because Warner did not want to antagonize theater owners as a result of their television deals.[1]Guild Films would hold onto the TV distribution rights to the cartoons until its bankruptcy on March 6, 1961,[7]and the TV rights to the 191 cartoons would be acquired bySeven Arts Productions.[8]
Sunset eventually began to produce TV commercials. In April 1957, Sunset Productions changed its name toWarner Bros. TV Commercial and Industrial Films.Jack M. Warner would continue to run the subsidiary.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ab"Guild Acquires 191 WB Cartoons".Variety.February 16, 1955.
- ^Anderson, Christopher (1994).Hollywood TV: The Studio System in the Fifties.University of Texas Press.ISBN9780292730595.
- ^abc"Trio of Majors Accelerate Television Plans".The Independent Film Journal.April 16, 1955.
- ^"Ross Reports - Mid-Week Special".Television Index. May 4, 1955.
- ^Nielsen Business Media, Inc (February 19, 1955)."Billboard".
{{cite journal}}:|last1=has generic name (help);Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^"Film Distribution".Broadcasting Telecasting. March 7, 1955.
- ^"SEC Charges Guild Films Failed to Show True Facts".Broadcasting Telecasting. March 6, 1961.
- ^"Film on Tap at NAB Convention".Sponsor Publications. May 8, 1961.
- ^"Jack M. Warner".Broadcasting Telecasting. November 4, 1957.
- ^Anderson, Christopher (1994).Hollywood TV: The Studio System in the Fifties.University of Texas Press.ISBN9780292730595.