History
The company was formed in 1944. It was headed up by Leo Spitz, an executive at RKO, and William Goetz, vice president in charge for production 20th Century Fox. [1]
In October 1943, Goetz announced International would start off making four films with an overall budget of $4.2 million, the films including Belle of the Yukon , The Woman in the Window and Casanova Brown . [2]
In January 1944, International signed an agreement with RKO Pictures to provide four films for distribution. [3]
Following the merger, Spitz and Goetz became head of production at Universal-International.
The library was up for sale in 1952. NBC first offered the package, but declined. [4] Moulin Productions acquired the International film library in 1953, sell the theatrical distribution rights to Independent Releasing Corporation, [5] and later transferred to United Artists, after the merger with Universal. [6] The Dark Mirror was sold separately, first to a loan to Bank of America, [7] later licensed to General Teleradio, [8] and eventually at National Telefilm Associates. [9] Only a single International film, Temptation was retained by Universal, and eventually included in Universal's TV packages by Screen Gems in the 1950s for a brief period of time. [10]
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