United Artists (Firm)
From Library of Congress Name Authority File
United Artists (Firm)
- [United Artists is a motion picture production and distribution company. The company was established in 1986 following the sale of MGM/UA Entertainment Co., and is not a successor to the earlier United Artists. The company was later reorganized as a subsidiary or brand of MGM/UA Communications Co., MGM-Pathé Communications, and later Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.]
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Variants
- MGM/UA Communications Co. United Artists (Firm)
- MGM-Pathé Communications Co. United Artists (Firm)
- United Artists Pictures
- United Artists Films
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: Baby boom, 1987: container (United Artists)
- found: IMDB, Feb. 2, 2011 (United Artists; United Artists Pictures; United Artists Films; United Artists, An MGM Company; motion picture production and distribution company)
- found: United Artists, 1987: p. 343 (MGM/UA sold to Turner in 1986, Kerkorian repurchased United Artists; company retained, called United Artists Pictures, is neither the original company nor a successor company; separate company that owned assets of earlier United Artists)
- found: Wikipedia, Feb. 2, 2011 (UA merely a brand of MGM/UA Communications Co.; in 2000s repositioned as a specialty studio; 2006 UA reestablished as United Artists Entertainment LLC by Paula Wagner and Tom Cruise; headquarters in Century City, Calif.)
- found: United Artists website, Feb. 2, 2011 (United Artists, An MGM Company; United Artists Corporation)
General Notes
- [United Artists is a motion picture production and distribution company. The company was established in 1986 following the sale of MGM/UA Entertainment Co., and is not a successor to the earlier United Artists. The company was later reorganized as a subsidiary or brand of MGM/UA Communications Co., MGM-Pathé Communications, and later Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.]
Change Notes
- 2011-02-08: new
- 2011-02-10: revised
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