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For Filmgroup, Corman directed ''[[The Wasp Woman]]'' (1959), ''[[Ski Troop Attack]]'' (1960) and ''[[Last Woman on Earth]]'' (1960). He also produced ''[[Beast from Haunted Cave]]'' (1959) and ''[[Battle of Blood Island]]'' (1960).
For Filmgroup, Corman directed ''[[The Wasp Woman]]'' (1959), ''[[Ski Troop Attack]]'' (1960) and ''[[Last Woman on Earth]]'' (1960). He also produced ''[[Beast from Haunted Cave]]'' (1959) and ''[[Battle of Blood Island]]'' (1960).

He was going to make ''Part Time Mother'' from a script by Griffith<ref>Genet's 'deathwatch' to be given locally. (1959, Dec 23). Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/167569403?accountid=13902</ref> but it appears to have never been made.


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Roger Corman
Corman in October 2012
Born
Roger William Corman

(1926-04-05) April 5, 1926 (age 98)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Alma materStanford University (B.S., Industrial Engineering, 1947)[1]
Occupation(s)Film director, producer, screenwriter, actor
Years active1954–present
Spouse
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(m. 1970)​
Children4

Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926)[2] is an American independent film producer, director, and actor.[3] He has been called "The Pope of Pop Cinema" and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Much of Corman's work has an established critical reputation, such as his cycle of low budget cult films adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe.[4] Admired by members of the French New Wave and Cahiers du cinéma, in 1964 Corman was the youngest filmmaker to have a retrospective at the Cinémathèque Française,[5] as well as the British Film Institute and the Museum of Modern Art. In 2009, he was awarded an Honorary Academy Award.

Corman mentored and gave a start to many young film directors such as Francis Ford Coppola, Ron Howard, Martin Scorsese and James Cameron.[6] He also helped to launch the careers of actors Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson.[6]

Corman has occasionally taken minor acting roles in the films of directors who started with him, including The Silence of the Lambs, The Godfather Part II, Apollo 13, The Manchurian Candidate and Philadelphia.

A documentary about Corman's life and career entitled Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel, directed by Alex Stapleton, premiered at the Sundance and Cannes Film Festivals in 2011. The film's TV rights were picked up by A&E IndieFilms after a well-received screening at Sundance.[7]

Early life

Corman was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Anne (née High) and William Corman, an engineer.[8][9] His younger brother, Eugene Harold "Gene" Corman, has also produced numerous films, sometimes in collaboration with Roger.[9] Corman and his brother were baptized in their mother's Catholic faith.[10]

Corman went to Beverly Hills High School and then to Stanford University to study Industrial Engineering. While at Stanford, Corman realised he did not want to be an engineer.

He enlisted in the V-12 Navy College Training Program with six months of study to complete. He served in the navy from 1944 to 1946. He returned to Stanford to finish his degree, receiving a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering in 1947.[1] While at Stanford University, Roger Corman was initiated in the fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

In 1948, he worked briefly at U.S. Electrical Motors on Slauson Avenue in Los Angeles, but his career in engineering lasted only four days; he began work on Monday and quit on Thursday, telling his boss "I've made a terrible mistake."[11] He decided to go into filmmaking instead.

Early Film Career

Corman found work at 20th Century Fox initially in the mail room. He worked his way up to a story reader. The one property that he liked the most and provided ideas for was filmed as The Gunfighter with Gregory Peck. When Corman received no credit at all he left Fox and decided he would work in film by himself. Under the GI Bill, Corman studied English Literature at Oxford University and lived in Paris for a time.

Corman in 2006

He then returned to Los Angeles and tried to re-establish himself in the film industry. He did various jobs, including television stage hand at KLAC and literary agent, before selling a script to Allied Artists for $2,000. Originally called House in the Sea it was retitled as Highway Dragnet (1953), and starred Richard Conte and Joan Bennett. Corman also worked as associate producer.

Producer

Corman used his script fee and personal contacts to raise $12,000 to produce his first feature, a science fiction film, The Monster From the Ocean Floor (1954). It was produced by Corman's own company, Palo Alto, and released by Robert L. Lippert.

The film did well enough to encourage Corman to produce another film, the racing car thriller, The Fast and the Furious (1954), directed by its star, John Ireland and co-starring Dorothy Malone.

Corman sold the movie to a new independent company, the American Releasing Company, run by James H. Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff. Although Corman had a number of offers for the film from Republic and Columbia, he elected to go with ARC because they undertook to advance money to enable him to make two more movies.

Director

Corman's second film for ARC was one he decided to direct, Five Guns West (1955), a Western, made in colour for around $60,000, with Malone and John Lund.[12] The script was written by Robert Wright Campbell, who would work with Corman on several more occasions.

Corman announced he would make four more projects for ARC: High Steel, Cobra, Fortress Beneath the Sea, and an untitled film from Campbell.[13] Instead Corman did some uncredited directing on The Beast with a Million Eyes (1955), then made another Western, Apache Woman (1955), starring Lloyd Bridges, written by Lou Rusoff. Rusoff and Corman reunited on Day the World Ended (1955), a post-apocalyptic science fiction film, which was popular.

Corman was to make The Devil on Horseback by Charles B. Griffith about the Brownsville Raid[14]but it was too expensive.

The Woolner Brothers, Louisiana drive-in owners, financed Corman's, Swamp Women (1956), a girls-on-the-lam saga.

He returned to ARC for two Westerns, The Oklahoma Woman (1956) and Gunslinger (1956) (with Ireland); Gunslinger was co-written by Griffith, who would become a crucial collaborator for Corman over the next five years. He bought a script from Curtis Harrington, The Girl from Beneath the Sea.[15] Harrington would make it for Corman years later as Night Tide (1961).

American International Pictures and Allied Artists

ARC changed their name to "American International Pictures". Corman was established as their leading filmmaker. They financed Corman's next film as director, the science fiction story, It Conquered the World (1956), co-written by Griffith, was a follow up to The Day the World Ended. It was a big hit.

He optioned a TV play The Stake and hoped to get Dana Andrews to star.[16] It was never made. Instead Walter Mirisch of Allied Artists hired Corman to make The Undead (1957), inspired by The Search for Bridey Murphy. Griffith wrote the script.

in June Corman made a science fiction film for Allied Artists, Not of this Earth (1957), written by Griffith.

In August 1956, AIP financed a Corman heist movie shot in Hawaii, Naked Paradise (1957), co-written by Griffith. Corman shot it back to back with a movie made with his own money, She Gods of Shark Reef (1958) - Corman wound up selling the movie to AIP.

Corman and Griffith reunited in Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957) for Allied, which wound up being one of his most successful early films.[17]

For his own production company, Corman made a rock and roll "quickle", Carnival Rock (1957), released by Howco. Rock All Night (1957) was a heist film written by Griffith expanded from a TV play, "The Little Guy", with musical acts inserted.[18]

He was meant to make Rock'n'Roll Girl for AIP in December 1957.[19]

Corman made two "teen girl noirs", Teenage Doll (1957) for the Woolner Brothers and Sorority Girl (1957), starring Susan Cabot for AIP. [20]

For AIP he made The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957), shot in August 1957.[21] He was meant to follow this with Teenage Jungle by Tony Miller.[22]

The success of Not of this Earth and Crab Monsters led to Allied offering Corman a four-picture deal for 1958.[23]

Machine Gun Kelly and Working as a Producer Only

Corman received his first serious critical praise for Machine-Gun Kelly (1958), an AIP biopic of the famous gangster, which gave Charles Bronson his first leading role and co-starred Cabot. Campbell wrote the script.

Also for AIP, he did Teenage Caveman (1958), with Robert Vaughn, originally titled Prehistoric World.

He had his biggest budget yet for I, Mobster (1958), a gangster story, co-produced by Edward L. Alperson and Corman's brother Gene for 20th Century Fox. In September 1958 he was reported scouting locations in Australia to do a remake of H. Rider Haggard's She.[24]

He helped produce two films for Allied Artists, both from scripts by Leo Gordon: Hot Car Girl (1958), directed by Bernard Kowalski and produced by Gene Corman' and The Cry Baby Killer (1958), which gave Jack Nicholson his first starring role.

War of the Satellites (1958), conceived and shot in record time to take advantage of the Sputnik launch; it was his first collaboration with art director Daniel Haller. For Allied he also produced, but did not direct,

Corman also produced but did not direct Stakeout on Dope Street (1958), directed by Irvin Kershner; Night of the Blood Beast (1958), directed by Kowalski for AIP; and Crime and Punishment U.S.A. (1959).

The Filmgroup

In 1959, Corman founded Filmgroup with his brother Gene, a company producing or releasing low-budget black-and-white films as double features for drive-ins and action houses.[25] Their first movies were High School Big Shot (1958), T-Bird Gang (1959) and Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959)

For AIP, Corman and Griffith made a black comedy, A Bucket of Blood (1959). Corman announced he would follow it with a similar comedy, The Bloodshot Private Eye.[26] It does not seem to have been made. Instead Griffith re-used the same script structure and Corman employed many of the same cast in Little Shop of Horrors (1960). This film was reputedly shot in two days and one night.[27]

For Filmgroup, Corman directed The Wasp Woman (1959), Ski Troop Attack (1960) and Last Woman on Earth (1960). He also produced Beast from Haunted Cave (1959) and Battle of Blood Island (1960).

He was going to make Part Time Mother from a script by Griffith[28] but it appears to have never been made.

House of Usher

AIP wanted Corman to make two horror films for them, in black and white, at under $100,000 each on a ten-day shooting schedule. Corman however was tired of making films on this sort of budget, and was worried the market for them was in decline, He proposed making a film in colour for $200,000, shot over fifteen days. Corman proposed an adaptation of House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe and AIP agreed. The film was announced in May 1959.[29]

Richard Matheson was hired to do the adaptation and Vincent Price was brought in to star; Haller did the art direction. The resulting film House of Usher (1960), was a critical and commercial hit.

After making that Corman directed a peplum in Greece, Atlas (1961), and another black comedy for Filmgroup, Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961).

House of Usher had been so successful the AIP wanted a follow up, and Corman, Haller, Matheson and Price reunited on The Pit and the Pendulum (1961). It was another sizeable hit and the Poe "cycle" of films was underway.

The Intruder

Following Pit and Pendulum' Corman directed one of William Shatner's earliest appearances in a lead role with The Intruder (a.k.a. The Stranger, 1962). Based on a novel by Charles Beaumont, the film, made for approximately US$80,000,[30] is known for its treatment of segregation and civil rights.[31]

Corman was unhappy with his profit participation on the first two Poe films so made a third adaptation for different producers The Premature Burial (1962), written by Charles Beaumont and starring Ray Milland. The film was co-financed by Pathe labs; AIP put pressure on Pathe and ended up buying out their interest.

For producer Edward Small, Corman made a historical horror piece, Tower of London (1962). It was meant to be the first in a three-picture deal with Small but Corman did not enjoy working with the producer.

For Filmgroup he also bought the rights to a Soviet science fiction film, Nebo Zovyot (1959) and had some additional footage shot for it by his then assistant, Francis Ford Coppola; the result was Battle Beyond the Sun (1962).

The fourth Poe was an anthology, Tales of Terror (1962). One of the installments, "The Black Cat" was a comedy, inspiring Corman to do a whole Poe story comedically: The Raven (1963). He used the sets for that film for The Terror (1963), made for Filmgroup but released by AIP, and starring Boris Karloff (whose scenes were all shot in two days) and Jack Nicholson.

The Young Racers (1963) was shot in Europe for AIP. Working on the film was Francis Ford Coppola who Corman financed to make his directorial debut, Dementia 13 (1963).

The Haunted Palace (1963) was ostensibly part of the Poe cycle but was actually based on a story by H.P. Lovecraft. X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes (1963) was contemporary science fiction.

End of the Poe Cycle and Filming in Europe

Corman made two Poes in England, The Masque of the Red Death (1964) and The Tomb of Ligeia (1965), after which he stopped. AIP would start up a fresh Poe cycle in the late 1960s but Corman would not be part of it.

He made a war film in Yugoslavia, The Secret Invasion (1964), with Stewart Granger and Mickey Rooney.

Corman bought the rights to another Soviet science fiction film, Planeta Bur (1962), and had some additional footage added to it by Curtis Harrington. The result was Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965). Harrington used footage from Planeta Bur in amother film financed by Corman, Queen of Blood (1966).

He also bought the rights to a Yugoslavian film, 'Operation Titan (1963) and financed additional shooting by Jack Hill and Stephanie Rothman. The result was Blood Bath (1966). He also had an investment in the beach party films, Beach Ball (1965) and It's a Bikini World (1967).

Columbia

Corman signed a contract with Columbia to make films for them. A number of projects were announced, including a biopic of Robert E. Lee, and adaptation of Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, an adaptation of Kafka's The Penal Colony, a script by novelist Richard Yates about the Battle of Iwo Jima, and The Long Ride Home, a Western based on a script by Robert Towne (circa 1965)[32] He did start filming A Time for Killing (1967) but left during production.

Counter Culture

Corman took a leave of absence under his contract with Columbia to make a film for AIP, the first biker movie, The Wild Angels. It starred Peter Fonda and Nancy Sinatra and opened the 1966 Venice Film Festival. It was hugely successful. Joan Didion said she went to see The Wild Angels because "there on the screen was some news I was not getting from the New York Times. I began to think I was seeing ideograms of the future."[33]

Corman received an offer to direct a studio film,The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967), for Twentieth Century Fox. Corman was disgusted with the incredible waste of time and money involved with "typical" movie production techniques. He was given a $2.5 million budget and made it for $400,000 less.[34] Corman, an independent director, was most comfortable in his own style: shoestring budgets, and shooting schedules measured in days, rather than weeks. Nonetheless, it is generally considered one of his best films as a director.

He continued to finance films for Filmgroup: Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965), Queen of Blood (1966), Blood Bath (1966), Navy vs the Night Monsters (1967), The Shooting (1967), Ride the Whirlwind (1967). He also financed Devil's Angels (1967), written by Griffth and directed by Dan Haller and the car racing film The Wild Racers (1968), directed by Haller.

Corman directed The Trip, written by Jack Nicholson and starring Peter Fonda, began the psychedelic film craze of the late 1960s, and was the American entry at Cannes that year. He made a film for American TV, Target: Harry (1968) and did some uncredited directing on AIP's De Sade (1969).

Corman's assistant on Wild Angels had been Peter Bogdanovich and Corman financed Bogdanovich's first feature, Targets (1968). He produced The Dunwich Horror (1970) for AIP, directed by Haller and co-written by Curtis Hanson.

For AIP Corman returned to the director's chair for a gangster film, Bloody Mama (1970) and a black comedy, Gas-s-s-s (1970).

For United Artists he made a World War One movie in Ireland, Von Richthofen and Brown (1971).

He was going to make a film of Couples, a novel by John Updike for United Artists, but decided to take a break from directing.

New World Pictures

In 1970, Corman founded New World Pictures which became a small independently-owned production/distribution studio,[35] and were an immediate success with Angels Die Hard (1970) and The Student Teachers (1971), directed by Rothman. The latter kicked off a new "cycle" of movies, the "nurses" cycle.

The Big Doll House (1971), directed by Jack Hill was a big hit, and led to a number of women in prison movies. Bury Me an Angel (1971) was the first biker movie directed by a woman, Barbara Peeters/

Corman produced one more film at AIP, Boxcar Bertha (1972), the directorial debut of Martin Scorcese.

At New World he financed the directorial debuts of Curtis Hanson (Sweet Kill (1971)), Jonathan Demme (Caged Heat (1974)) and Steve Carver (The Arena (1974). He also made Cockfighter (1974) with Monte Hellman.

He had a three picture deal with 20th Century Fox, making Capone, 'Fighting Mad (1976) and Moving Violations.

His focus was New World, where he oversaw such films as Crazy Mama (1975) (produced by his wife, directed by Demme), Death Race 2000 (1975), Cannonball (1976),Eat My Dust! (1976), Grand Theft Auto (1978) (Ron Howard's directorial debut), Deathsport (1978), Piranha (1978), Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979), Battle Beyond the Stars (1981), Galaxy of Terror (1981), Smokey Bites the Dust (1981), Forbidden World (1982), Space Raiders (1983) and Suburbia (1984).[36]

Distributing Foreign films

New World were the US distributor for Cries and Whispers (1972), directed by Ingmar Bergman. It proved financially and critically lucrative and Corman's distribution side of New World brought many foreign films to mass audiences in the US for the first time, including the works of François Truffaut (The Story of Adele H., Small Change), Peter Weir (The Cars That Ate Paris), Federico Fellini (Amarcord), Joseph Losey (The Romantic Englishwoman), Volker Schlöndorff (The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum, The Tin Drum) and Akira Kurosawa.

In a ten-year period, New World Pictures won more Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film than all other studios combined.

Concorde Films

Corman eventually sold New World to an investment group in 1983 and later formed Concorde Pictures and New Horizons.[37] Corman's penultimate film as director was Von Richthofen and Brown (1971). Corman had always wanted to make an aviation movie, having piloted model planes as a lad. He returned to directing once more with Frankenstein Unbound (1990). In total, Roger Corman has produced over 300 movies and directed 55.

In 2009, Corman produced and directed alongside director Joe Dante the web series "Splatter" for Netflix.[38] The protagonist of the film is portrayed by Corey Feldman,[39] and the story talks of the haunting tale of rock-and-roll legend Johnny Splatter.[40] He also started contributing trailer commentaries to Dante's web series Trailers from Hell.[41]

Corman produced the 2010 films Dinoshark and Dinocroc vs. Supergator for the Syfy cable television channel.[42] Dinoshark premiered on March 13, 2010.[43] Sharktopus, a Syfy production, premiered in September 2010.[44]

Corman produced the 2017 film Death Race 2050, a sequel to the 1975 film Death Race 2000.

Personal life

Corman married Julie Halloran on December 26, 1970.[45] They have four children.[46]

Remembrances and awards

His autobiography, titled How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime (ISBN 0-306-80874-9), documents his experiences in the film industry.

In 1964, Corman was the youngest producer/director to be given a retrospective at the Cinémathèque Française, as well as retrospectives at the British Film Institute and the Museum of Modern Art.

Corman won the Lifetime Achievement Award at Stockholm International Film Festival in 1990.

Corman was the subject of the 1978 documentary Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel, produced and directed by Christian Blackwood.[47] Portions of the film reappeared in 2011's Corman's World.

In 1998, he won the first Producer's Award ever given by the Cannes Film Festival.

In 2006, Corman received the David O. Selznick Award from the Producers Guild of America. Also in 2006, his film Fall of the House of Usher was among the twenty-five movies selected for the National Film Registry, a compilation of significant films being preserved by the Library of Congress.

In 2010, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded Corman with an Academy Honorary Award at the inaugural Governors Awards,[48] on November 14, 2009.[49]

In 2010, writer and actor Mark Gatiss interviewed Corman for his BBC documentary series A History of Horror, of which the second half of the second episode focuses on Corman.[50]

In 2010, Corman was inducted into the Beverly Hills High School Hall of Fame.

In 2012, Corman was honored with the Filmmaker on the Edge Award at the Provincetown International Film Festival.

"The Corman Film School"

A number of noted film directors and producers worked with Corman, usually early in their careers, including Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Peter Bogdanovich, Armondo Linus Acosta, Paul Bartel, Jonathan Demme, Donald G. Jackson, Gale Anne Hurd, Carl Colpaert, Joe Dante, James Cameron, John Sayles, Monte Hellman, Carl Franklin,[51] George Armitage, Jonathan Kaplan, George Hickenlooper, Curtis Hanson, Jack Hill, Robert Towne, Menahem Golan, Michael Venzor and Timur Bekmambetov. Many have said that Corman's influence taught them some of the ins and outs of filmmaking.[52] In the extras for the DVD of The Terminator, director James Cameron asserts, "I trained at the Roger Corman Film School." The British director Nicolas Roeg served as the cinematographer on The Masque of the Red Death.[53] Cameron, Coppola, Demme, Hanson, Howard and Scorsese have all gone on to win Academy Awards. Howard was reportedly told by Corman, "If you do a good job on this film, you'll never have to work for me again."

Actors who obtained their career breaks working for Corman include Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda, Bruce Dern, Charles Bronson, Todd Field[54] Michael McDonald, Dennis Hopper, Talia Shire, Sandra Bullock, Robert De Niro, and David Carradine, who received one of his first starring film roles in the Corman-produced Boxcar Bertha (1972) and went on to star in Death Race 2000 (along with Sylvester Stallone).

Many of Corman's protegés have paid their mentor homage by awarding him cameos in films, such as in The Godfather Part II,[55] The Silence of the Lambs,[56] Apollo 13,[52] and as recently as Demme's 2008 film Rachel Getting Married.[57]

Name First Corman film Year Credited as
George Armitage Gas-s-s-s 1970 writer, associate producer, cast member
Paul Bartel Death Race 2000 1975 director
Timur Bekmambetov The Arena 2001 director
Peter Bogdanovich Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women 1968 director, cast member
James Cameron Battle Beyond the Stars 1980 art direction, visual effects
Francis Ford Coppola Battle Beyond the Sun 1962 director (scenes in American version)
Joe Dante Hollywood Boulevard 1976 co-director, editor
Jonathan Demme Angels Hard as They Come 1971 writer, producer
Curtis Hanson The Dunwich Horror 1970 co-writer
Monte Hellman Beast from Haunted Cave 1959 director
Jack Hill The Terror 1963 writer
Ron Howard Grand Theft Auto 1977 director, co-writer
Gale Anne Hurd Humanoids from the Deep 1980 production assistant
Jonathan Kaplan Night Call Nurses 1972 director, editor
Nicolas Roeg The Masque of the Red Death 1964 cinematographer
John Sayles Piranha 1978 writer
Martin Scorsese Boxcar Bertha 1972 director
Robert Towne Last Woman on Earth 1960 writer, cast member

Filmography

Main article: Roger Corman filmography

The IMDB credits Corman with 55 directed films and some 385 produced films from 1954 through 2008, many as un-credited producer or executive producer (consistent with his role as head of his own New World Pictures from 1970 through 1983). Corman also has significant credits as writer and actor.[58]

Cult Classics

Main article: Roger Corman's Cult Classics

In 2010, Roger Corman teamed up with Shout! Factory to release new DVD and Blu-ray editions of Corman productions under the name Roger Corman's Cult Classics. The releases have concentrated on 1970–1980s films he produced through New World rather than directed. These titles include Rock 'n' Roll High School, Death Race 2000, Galaxy of Terror, Forbidden World and Piranha, with additional titles continuing to be released.[59]

Further reading

  • Di Franco, J. Philip, The Movie World of Roger Corman (New York: Chelsea House, 1979)
  • Laroni, Giulio, Il cinema secondo Corman. Intervista allo scopritore di Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, James Cameron (Milano: Biblion Edizioni, 2016)
  • Nasr, Constantine (ed.), Roger Corman: Interviews (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2011)
  • Price, Robert M., "Cormanghast: The Poe Films of Roger Corman". Parts14 (Nov 1997), 3-14, 20.
  • Will, David and Willemen, Paul, Roger Corman: The Millennic Vision (Edinburgh: Edinburgh Film Festival, 1970)

See also

References

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  10. ^ How I Made a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime, by Roger Corman, 1998, p. 4
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  12. ^ "Seven Theaters Offer 'Sabrina'". Los Angeles Times. November 24, 1954. p. 14.
  13. ^ "Paul Schofield Gets Huston Attention". Los Angeles Times. February 9, 1955. p. 21.
  14. ^ Story of Ex-Fighter to Be Dramatic Film Hopper, Hedda. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File); Los Angeles, Calif. [Los Angeles, Calif]12 July 1955: 12.
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  16. ^ Drama: Gable, Turner Costar Deal Foreseen; Andrews Indicated for 'Stake' Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File); Los Angeles, Calif. [Los Angeles, Calif]24 Apr 1956: 21.
  17. ^ Flynn, Sanders, Raft Sought as Stellar Trio; 'Sheep Man' Keel Film Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File); Los Angeles, Calif. [Los Angeles, Calif]28 Sep 1956: 25.
  18. ^ FILM EVENTS: Prize TV Play Will Be Filmed Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File); Los Angeles, Calif. [Los Angeles, Calif]06 Oct 1956: B2.
  19. ^ 'Tin Star' Filming Set in Black and White Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File); Los Angeles, Calif. [Los Angeles, Calif]11 Nov 1956: F12
  20. ^ Brian Donlevy Will Do 'Golden Spur' on Own; Schell Term-Pacted Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File); Los Angeles, Calif. [Los Angeles, Calif]14 June 1957: A9.
  21. ^ MOVIELAS EVENTS: 'Viking Women' Soon Descending on Films Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File); Los Angeles, Calif. [Los Angeles, Calif]17 June 1957: C12
  22. ^ MOVIELAND EVENTS: 'Tomorrow's Miracle,' Masaryk Story Set Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File); Los Angeles, Calif. [Los Angeles, Calif]18 June 1957: C6.
  23. ^ MOVIELAND EVENTS: Hollywood Story Promises Novelty Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File); Los Angeles, Calif. [Los Angeles, Calif]06 Sep 1957: 24
  24. ^ Shocker Pioneers Tell How to Make Monsters: Want to Make a Monster? Experts Tell How It's Done Scheuer, Philip K. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File); Los Angeles, Calif. [Los Angeles, Calif]21 Sep 1958: E1
  25. ^ pp. 22–41 Ray, Fred Olen Filmgroup in The New Poverty Row: Independent Filmmakers as Distributors McFarland, 1991
  26. ^ Gwen Verdon Will Bring In 'Redhead': City Assured of Star, Play; Acting 'Vacation' to De Sica Scheuer, Philip K. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File); Los Angeles, Calif. [Los Angeles, Calif]18 Dec 1959: C9.
  27. ^ Simpson, MJ (September 23, 1995). "Interview with Roger Corman" http://www.mjsimpson.co.uk/interviews/rogercorman.html. Retrieved 2007-10-24. "I shot Little Shop of Horrors in two days and a night for about $30,000, and the picture has lasted all these years."
  28. ^ Genet's 'deathwatch' to be given locally. (1959, Dec 23). Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/167569403?accountid=13902
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