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Revision as of 12:35, 15 March 2018
Robert L. Lippert | |
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Born | March 31, 1909 Alameda, California, United States |
Died | November 10, 1976 United States | (aged 67)
Occupation(s) | Film producer, cinema owner |
Robert L. Lippert (March 31, 1909 – November 10, 1976) was an America film producer and cinema owner who eventually owned a chain of 118 theatres.[1]
He helped finance over 300 films, including the first films of Sam Fuller as director - I Shot Jesse James, The Baron of Arizona (1949) and The Steel Helmet (1951) - as well as films such as The Fly (1958).
In 1962 Lippert said, "the word around Hollywood is: Lippert makes a lot of cheap pictures but he's never made a stinker."[2]
Biography
Born in Alameda, California, and adopted by the owner of a hardware store, Robert Lippert became fascinated by the cinema at an early age. As a youngster he worked a variety of jobs in local theaters, including projectionist and assistant manager. As a manager of a cinema during the Depression Lippert encouraged regular attendance with promotions such as "Dish Night" and "Book Night".
Lippert went from cinema manager to owning a chain of cinemas in California in 1942, during the peak years of theatre attendance.[3] Lippert's theatres in Los Angeles often screened older films for a continuous 24 hours with an admission price of 25 cents. Not only did his theatres attract shift workers and late-night revellers, but servicemen on leave who could not find cheap accommodation would sleep in the cinema.[4]
In May 1948 he merged his cinema chain with George Mann's.[5] He also owned a number of drive ins.[6]
Lippert died on November 16, 1976, and his cremated remains were interred at the Woodlawn Memorial Park in Colma, California.[7]
Screen Guild Productions
Dissatisfied with what he believed to be exorbitant rental fees charged by major studios, Lippert formed Screen Guild Productions in 1945, its first release being a Bob Steele western called Wildfire, made in Cinecolor.[8]
"Every theatre owner thinks he can make pictures better than the ones they sent him," he later said. "So back in 1943 I tried it."[2]
In 1946 Screen Guild signed agreements with Affiliated Productions to make distribute three films, Golden Gate Productions to make 12, and Jack Schwartz.[9]
One of their most controversial releases was The Burning Cross (1947) which concerned the Ku Klux Klan.[10]
Lippert Picturs
Screen Guild became Lippert Pictures, Inc. in 1948, using rental stages and the movie ranch known as Corriganville for its films; 130 features were released between 1948 and 1955.
Lippert's reputation rose with the success of I Shot Jesse James. A 1949 New York Times profile said he owned 61 theatres; it also said erroneously that he had directed most of the Westerns he had made.[11]
Lippert tried to add luster to his productions—if it could be done economically. His studio became a haven for actors whose careers were interrupted when their studios, no longer making lower-budget pictures, released them from their contracts. Robert Lippert was able to sign major-studio talent for a fraction of the usual rate, giving his productions more marquee value. Among the established names who worked for Lippert were George Raft, Veronica Lake, Zachary Scott, Robert Hutton, Joan Leslie, George Reeves, Ralph Byrd, Richard Arlen, Don "Red" Barry, Robert Alda, Gloria Jean, Sabu, Ellen Drew, Preston Foster, Jean Porter, Anne Gwynne, Jack Holt, Tom Neal, Robert Lowery, and John Howard.
Additional selling angles were realized when certain of Lippert's features could be marketed in a process more elaborate than ordinary black-and-white. Lippert used Cinecolor and sepiatone to dress up his more ambitious features, and embellished others by using tinted film stock for special effects (green for Lost Continent, red for Rocketship X-M). He even anticipated the 3-D craze by publicizing a special photographic lens, which he claimed gave a stereoscopic effect without special projection equipment.
In addition to his original productions, Lippert reissued older films to theaters under his own brand name, including several Hopalong Cassidy westerns and the Laurel and Hardy feature Babes in Toyland (reissued as March of the Wooden Soldiers).
Lippert read a 1949 Life magazine article about a proposed trip to and landing on the Moon. He rushed into production his film version called Rocketship X-M, released a year later in 1950; he changed the destination to Mars to avoid copying exactly the same idea being utilized by producer George Pal in his large-budget, high-profile Destination Moon. Rocketship X-M succeeded in becoming the first post-war science fiction outer space drama to appear in movie theaters, but just barely. More importantly, it became the first film drama to warn of the dangers and folly of full-scale Atomic War.
Ron Ormond produced and directed several films for Lippert, including many westerns with Lash LaRue.
In 1951 Lippert signed the first contract with the American Federation of Musicians to sell movies to television. Lippert had to rescore some of the films and pay an amount to the musicians' music fund.[12][13]
Dispute with Screen Actors Guild
In 1951 he clashed with the Screen Actors Guild when he sold his films to television.[14] He was blackbanned by the Guild.[15][16]
He was going to make films for television with Hal Roach Jr but problems with the Screen Actors Guild led to their cancellation. He ended up making only two, Tales of Robin Hood and Present Arms.[17] In October 1951 Lippert signed a three picture deal with the recently blacklisted Carl Foreman.[18] He also signed a two picture deal with blacklisted Paul Henreid[19] but no films appear to have resulted. In 1951 he entered into an arrangement with Famous Artist Corporation to make films with their talent.[20]
However by January 1952 the dispute had not been resolved and Lippert announced he was leaving film production.[21][22]
Hammer Films
In 1951 Lippert signed a four-year production and distribution contract with the British company Hammer Film Productions by which Lippert would distribute Hammer films in America, and Hammer would distribute Lippert’s films in the UK. To ensure familiarity with American audiences, Lippert insisted on an American star supplied by him in the Hammer films he was to distribute. The first film produced under the contract was The Last Page.,[23] which starred George Brent.
Sam Fuller
Screenwriter and former newspaper reporter Samuel Fuller wanted to become a director, so he agreed to direct the three films he had been contracted to write for Lippert: I Shot Jesse James, The Baron of Arizona and The Steel Helmet, all for no extra money and just the directing credit.[24]
Lippert's most ubiquitous actor was probably the diminutive Sid Melton. He appeared as a supporting comedian in many of Lippert's productions and starred in three hour-long comedies.
20th Century-Fox
Regal Pictures
When Darryl F. Zanuck announced his CinemaScope process, he faced hostility from many theatre owners who had gone to great expense to convert their theatres to show 3-D films that Hollywood had stopped making. Zanuck assured them that they could have a large supply of CinemaScope product because Fox would make CinemaScope lenses available to other film companies and start a production unit, led by Lippert, called Regal Pictures in 1956 to produce B pictures in that process.
Lippert's company was contracted to make 20 pictures a year for seven years, each to be shot in seven days for no more than $100,000. Due to Lippert's problems with the film unions over not paying residuals to actors and writers of his films when they were sold to television, Ed Baumgarten was officially appointed the head of Regal, but Lippert had overall control.[25][26] Regal Pictures filmed its movies with CinemaScope lenses, but due to 20th Century-Fox insisting that only its "A" films would be labelled CinemaScope, Regal's product used the term "Regalscope" in its films' credits.[27]
Beginning with Stagecoach to Fury (1956), Regal produced 25 pictures in its first year.[28][8]
Maury Dexter, who worked at Regal, later recalled the outfit's productions were all shot at independent sound stages because they could not afford to shoot at 20th Century Fox, due to the high cost of rental and overhead they charged. The films were entirely financed and released by Fox, but Regal was independent. Dexter says "the only stipulation production-wise was that we had to give Bausch and Lomb screen credit on each film for CinemaScope camera lenses, as well as being charged back to Fox, $3,000 of each budget.[29]
Impressed by the unit's profits, Fox extended Regal's contract by a further 16 films with an "exploitation angle" that would be approved by Fox.[30]
In November 1957 Regal announced they would make ten films in three months.[31]
Regal made a deal with actors and directors to play them a percentage of any money from the sale of films to television. It did not make a deal with writers, and the Screenwriters Guild forbade its writers to work for Lippert. Regal stopped making films.
In 1960 Lippert sold 30 Regal films to television for $1 million.[32]
In October 1958 a new company was formed by Lippert, Regal Films, to make 12 low budget films for Fox, one a month, starting with Alaskan Highway. The company was headed by George Warren, a cost controller for MGM, with William Magginetti as produciton supervisor and Harry Spaulding as story editor. Lippert was described as being "associated" with the company.[33]
"We use hack writers or new writers and beat-up faces or new faces," he said later. "No, I don't direct any of them. I wouldn't be a director for anything. No wonder they all have ulcers."[2]
Associated Producers Incorporated
In 1959 Lippert renamed Regal as Associated Producers Incorporated (API) to make more low-budget films for double bills[34] (API having similar initials to exploitation specialist American International Pictures may have been coincidental).
The core of API was Harry Spalding and Maury Dexter. All API's productions were done in-house.
In October 1959 Lippert said making "little Bs" for $100,000 was no longer as lucrative because "it is now in the same category as the short TV feature which people can see for free."[11] He persuaded Fox to start financing his films up to $300,000 and a shooting schedule of around 15 days starting with The Sad Horse.[11]
"I have an angle on everything," he said in 1960, adding that he found it profitable to focus on small towns and country areas. "There's a lot of money in sticks."[35]
Faced with increasing production costs in Hollywood, Lippert announced in 1962 that he would be making films in England, Italy (The Last Man on Earth) and the Philippines. Fox ended Regal/API when its own production schedule had declined and it didn't have enough "A" features to support the "B" pictures.[36]
In 1962 Lippert criticised Hollywood for the "slow suicide" in movie going, blaming involvement of New York bankers in creative matters, inflated overhead, union featherbedding and obsolete theatres.[37]
"The economics of this business have gone cock-eyed," he added. "The total gross of pictures has dropped from 20-30% and the costs have doubled. It's nuts."[2] By this stage he estimated he had made "about 300 films" including 100 for Fox in five years. "On year I made 26, more than the rest of the studio."[2]
"Most Bs cost $100,000 or $200,000," he said. "We shoot them in six or seven days. There's hardly any re-shooting. Unless something is glaringly wrong, we let 'em go. What the hell, people don't care. They want to be entertained.I've heard people coming out of my theatres after seeing a double bill that featured a big production, 'Everybody died' or 'How that girl suffered. Thank God for the little picture'."[2]
Lippert said he wanted to make more Westerns "because they're cheap" but did not because "television had saturated the market."[2]
Later career
In March 1966 Fox announced Lippert would return to film production with Country Music.[38]
Lippert's association with Fox ended after 250 films with The Last Voice You Hear.[39]
Lippert maintained and expanded his chain of 118 theatres until his death. His son, Robert L. Lippert Jr., followed his father into producing.
Personal Life
Maury Dexter says Lippert had a mistress, Margia Dean, who he would insist appear in Lippert films.[40]
Select Filmography
Produced by Action Pictures, Distributed by Screen Guild Productions
- Wildfire: The Story of a Horse (1945) - starring Bob Steele, produced by William David, directed by Robert Emmett Tansey
- Northwest Trail (1945) - starring Bob Steele, produced by William David, directed by Derwin Abrahams
- God's Country (1946) - starring Bob Steele, produced by William David, directed by Robert Emmett Tansey
Produced by Affiliated Productions, Distributed by Screen Guild Productions
- Renegade Girl (1946) - starring Ann Savage, directed by William Berke
- Rolling Home (1946) - starring Jean Parker, directed by William Berke
Produced by Golden Gate Pictures, Distributed by Screen Guild Productions
- 'Neath Canadian Skies (1946) - produced by William David, directed by B. Reeves Eason from a story by James Oliver Curwood
- North of the Border (1946) - produced by William David, directed by B. Reeves Eason from a story by James Oliver Curwood
- Flight to Nowhere (1946) - with Alan Curtis & Evelyn Ankers, produced by William David, directed by William Rowland
- My Dog Shep (1946) - starring Flame, produced by William David, directed by Ford Beebe
- Death Valley(1946) - produced by William David, directed by Lew Landers
- Scared to Death (1947) - starring Bela Lugosi, produced by William David, directed by Christy Cabanne
Produced by Somerset Pictures, Distributed by Screen Guild Productions
- Road to the Big House (1947) - written by Aubrey Wisberg, directed by Walter Combes
- The Burning Cross (1947) - written by Aubrey Wisberg, directed by Walter Combes
Produced by Jack Schwarz Productions, Distributed by Screen Guild Productions
- Hollywood Barn Dance (1947) - produced by Jack Schwarz, directed by Bernard B Ray
- Buffalo Bill Rides Again (1947) - produced by Jack Schwarz, directed by Bernard B Ray
Distributed only by Screen Guild Productions
- Trail of the Mounties (1947) - Bali Pictures - starring Russell Hayden & Jennifer Holt, directed by Howard Bretherton
- Bush Pilot (1947) - Dominion Pictures, a Canadian company - starring Jack La Rue
- Boy! What a Girl! (1947) - Herald Pictures - musical featuring black performers
- Bells of San Fernando (1947) - Hillcrest Productions
- The Prairie (1947) - Zenith Pictures
- Dragnet (1947) aka Dark Bullet and A Shot in the Dark - Fortune Films
- Killer Dill (1947) - Max M. King Productions, Nivel Pictures Corporation
- Harpoon (1948) - produced by Danches Bros. Productions
- S.O.S. Submarine (1941) - 1941 Italian film released in US in 1948, aka Men on the Sea Floor
- Miracle in Harlem (1948) - featuring black performers
- The Mozart Story (1948) - Austrian film from Patrician Pictures
- Tromba (1949) aka Tromba the Tiger Man (in 1952)
- Omoo-Omoo the Shark God (1949) - Esla Pictures - directed by Leon Leonard
- Call of the Forest (1949) - Adventure Pictures, directed by John F Link
Re-issues
- Secret of the Wastelands (1941 for 1946)
- Outlaws of the Desert (1941 for 1946)
- Twilight on the Trail (1941 for 1946)
- Riders of the Timberline (1941 for 1946)
- Stick to Your Guns (1941 for 1946)
- Wide Open Town (1941 for 1946)
- Pirates on Horseback (1941 for 1946)
- Border Vigilantes (1941 for 1946)
- In Old Colorado (1941 for 1946)
- S.O.S. Submarine (1941 for 1948)
- Three Men from Texas (1940 for 1946)
- Stagecoach War (1940 for 1948)
- Hidden Gold (1940 for 1948)
- Santa Fe Marshal (1940 for 1948)
- Law of the Pampas (1939 for 1948)
- Range War (1939 for 1948)
- Renegade Trail (1939 for 1948)
- King of the Turf (1939 for 1948)
- Sunset Trail (1938 for 1948)
- The Duke of West Point (1938 for 1948)
- The Frontiersmen (1938 for 1947)
- Flirting with Fate (1938 for 1948)
- In Old Mexico (1938 for 1948)
- Pride of the West (1938 for 1948)
- Bar 20 Justice (1938 for 1947)
- Heart of Arizona (1938 for 1947)
- Cassidy of Bar 20 (1938 or 1947)
- Partners of the Plains (1938 for 1947)
- Texas Trail (1937 for 1947)
- Hopalong Rides Again (1937 for 1946)
- Rustlers' Valley (1937 for 1946)
- North of the Rio Grande (1937 for 1946)
- Hills of Old Wyoming (1937 for 1946)
- Borderland (1937 for 1946)
- Forbidden Music (1936 for 1948)
- Trail Dust (1936 for 1946)
- Hopalong Cassidy Returns (1936 or 1946)
- Red Salute (1935 for 1946)
- Hop-a-Long Cassidy (1935 for 1946)
- Babes in Toyland (1934 for 1948)
- Midnight (1934 for 1948)
- That's My Boy (for 1948)
- Miss Annie Rooney (in 1948)
- Captain Kidd (1945) (in 1952)
- The Macomber Affair (1947) (in 1952)
- The Iron Mask (1929) (in 1953)
- Mr Robinson Crusoe (1932) (in 1953)
- Chu Chin Chow (1934) (in 1953)
Shorts
- The Case of the Baby Sitter (1947) - produced by Screen Art Pictures Cor
- The Hat Box Mystery (1947) - produced by Screen Art Pictures Cor
- Bandit Island (1953) (short)
Produced by Western Adventures Productions, Distributed by Screen Guild Productions
- Dead Man's Gold (1948)
- Mark of the Lash (1948)
- Frontier Revenge (1948)
- Son of a Bad Man (1949)
- Son of Billy the Kid (1949)
- Outlaw Country (1949)
Distributed by Screen Guild and Produced by Lippert Productions
- Shoot to Kill (1947) - produced and directed by William Berke
- Queen of the Amazons (1947) - Screen Art Productions - written by Roger Merton, directed by Edward Finney
- Jungle Goddess (1948) - written by Jo Pagaono, produced by William Stephens, directed by Lewis D. Collins
- 40,000 Eyes (1948)[41]
- The Third Alarm (1948)
- Thunder in the Pines (1948) - produced by William Stephens, directed by Robert Edwards
- Shep Comes Home (1948) - produced by Ron Ormond, written and directed by Ford Beebe
- Highway 13 (1948) produced by William Stephens, directed by William Berke
- Black Stallion (1948) aka The Return of Wildfire - produced by Carl Hittleman, directed by Ray Taylor
- Last of the Wild Horses (1948) - directed by Robert Lippert (the only film he directed)
- Arson, Inc. (1949) - directed by William Berke
- Deputy Marshal (1949) - directed by William Berke
- Red Desert (1949) aka Texas Manhunt - directed by Ford Beebe
- Treasure of Monte Cristo (1949) - directed by William Berke
- Sky Liner (1949) - produced by William Stephens, directed by William Berke
- I Shot Jesse James (1949) - produced by Carl Hittleman, written and directed by Sam Fuller
- Grand Canyon (1949) - produced by Carl Hittleman, directed by Rob Landres
- Rimfire (1949) - produced by Ron Ormond, directed by B. Reeves Eason
- Texas Manhunt (1949) aka Red Desert - starring Don Barry, directed by Ford Beebe
- Apache Chief (1949) - directed by Frank McDonald
- Ringside (1949) - directed by Frank McDonald
- Curfew Breakers (1957) - directed by Alex Wells
Produced by Lippert Productions, Distributed by Lippert Productions
- Bandit Queen (1950) - produced and directed by William Berke
- Motor Patrol (1950) - directed by Sam Newfield
- Marshal of Heldorado (1950) - starring James Ellison, produced by Ron Ormond, directed by Thomas Carr
- Everybody's Dancin' (1950) - Nunes-Cooley Productions
- West of the Brazos (1950) - starring James Ellison, produced by Ron Ormond, directed by Thomas Carr
- Colorado Ranger (1950) - starring James Ellison, produced by Ron Ormond, directed by Thomas Carr
- Operation Haylift (1950)
- Radar Secret Service (1950)
- Hollywood Varieties (1950)
- Border Rangers (1950)
- Hostile Country (1950)
- Holiday Rhythm (1950)
- The Return of Jesse James (1950)
- Crooked River (1950)
- Fast on the Draw (1950)
- Rocketship X-M (1950)
- Kentucky Jubilee (1951)
- Unknown World (1951)
- Superman and the Mole-Men (1951)
- Stronghold (1951) - Tom Productions
- The Jungle (1952) aka Kaadu
- The Tall Texan (1953)
- Bandit Island (1953) (short)
- A Day in the Country (1953) (short)
- The Great Jesse James Raid (1953)
- Fangs of the Wild (1954)
- The Cowboy (1954) (Documentary)
- Thunder Pass (1954)
Other
- The Fighting Seventh (1951) aka Little Big Horn - produced by Bali Productions
- G.I. Jane (1952) - produced by Murray Productions
- F.B.I. Girl (1952) - produced by Jegar Productions
- The Adventurers (1951) - produced by Mayflower
- Valley of Eagles (1951) - produced by Independent Sovereign Films
- Pirate Submarine (1952)
- Navajo (1952) (documentary) - Hal Bartlett Productions
- Outlaw Women (1952) - Ron Ormond Productions
- Loan Shark (1952) - Encore Productions
- Secret People (1952) - Ealing Productions
- Hellgate (1952) - Commander Films
- Mr. Walkie Talkie (1952) - Rockingham Productions
- I'll Get You (1952) aka Escape Route - Banner Films
- Bachelor in Paris (1952) - Roger Proudlock Productions
- Women of Twilight (1952) aka ''Twilight Women - Angel Productions
- The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird (1952) - Clarge Distributors
- Ghost Ship (1952) - Vernon Sewell Productions
- The Queen of Sheba (1952) - Oro Films
- Perils of the Jungle (1953) - Commodore Productions
- White Goddess (1953) - Arrow Productions
- Cosh Boy (1953) aka The Slasher - Romulus Productions
- Eyes of the Jungle (1953) aka Destination Danger - episodes of Ramar of the Jungle
- Project Moon Base (1953) aka Cat Woman on the Moon - Galaxy Pictures Inc.
- Norman Conquest (1953) aka Park Plaza 605 - B & A Productions
- Undercover Agent (1953) aka Counterspy - Abtcon Pictures
- The Shadow Man (1953) aka Street of Shadow - William Nassour Productions
- The Man from Cairo (1953) - Michaeldavid Productions
- The Limping Man (1953) - Banner Films Ltd.
- White Fire (1953) aka Three Steps to the Gallows - Tempean Films
- Hollywood Thrill-Makers (1954) - Kosloff
- Monster from the Ocean Floor (1954) - Palo Alto Productions (Roger Corman)
- River Beat (1954) - Insignia Films
- They Were So Young (1954) - Coronoa
- Terror Ship (1954) - Merton Park Studios
- The Black Pirates (1954) - Salvator
- The Silver Star (1955) - L& B Productions
- Silent Raiders (1954) - L&B Productions
- Thunder Over Sangoland (1955) - episodes of Ramar of the Jungle
- Phantom of the Jungle (1955) - episodes of Ramar of the Jungle
- King Dinosaur (1955) - Zimgor
- Air Strike (1955) - Cy Roth
- The Lonesome Trail (1955) - L&B Productions
- Simba (1955) - Group Film
Produced by Don Barry Productions, released by Lippert Pictures
- Tough Assignment (1949)
- The Dalton Gang (1949)
- Square Dance Jubilee (1949)
- Train to Tombstone (1950)
- I Shot Billy the Kid (1950)
- Frank James Rides Again (1950) aka Gunfire
Produced by Sigmund Neufeld Productions
- Western Pacific Agent (1950)
- Hi-Jacked (1950)
- Three Desperate Men (1951)
- Fingerprints Don't Lie (1951)
- Mask of the Dragon (1951)
- Stop That Cab (1951)
- Danger Zone (1951)
- Roaring City (1951)
- Pier 23 (1951)
- Savage Drums (1951)
- Yes Sir, Mr. Bones (1951)
- Varieties on Parade (1951)
- Lost Continent (1951)
- Leave It to the Marines (1951)
- Sky High (1951)
- Sins of Jezebel (1953)
Produced by Deputy Corporation
- The Baron of Arizona (1950)
- The Steel Helmet (1951)
Produced by R and L Productions
- Tales of Robin Hood (1951)
- As You Were (1952)
International Pick-ups
- Johnny the Giant Killer (1950, released 1953)
- Highly Dangerous(1950)
- The Fighting Men (1950)
- The Siege (1950)
H-N Productions
- For Men Only (1952)
Co-productions with Hammer Films
- There is No Escape (1949) aka The Dark Road
- The Last Page (1952) aka Man Bait
- Wings of Danger (1952) aka Dead on Course
- Stolen Face (1952)
- Lady in the Fog (1952) aka Scotland Yard Inspector
- Gambler and the Lady (1952)
- Bad Blonde (1953)
- 36 Hours (1953) aka Terror Street
- Face the Music (1953) aka The Black Glove
- Spaceways (1953)
- Blackout (1954) aka Murder by Proxy
- The House Across the Lake (1954) aka Heat Wave
- A Stranger Came Home (1954) aka The Unholy Four
- Mask of Dust (1954) aka Race for Life
- Third Party Risk (1954) aka The Big Deadly Game
- Five Days (1954) aka Paid to Kill
- Life with the Lyons (1954) aka Family Affair
- The Glass Cage (1955) aka The Glass Tomb
- The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
Produced by Lippert's Regal Films, Distributed by 20th Century Fox
- Stagecoach to Fury (1956) - produced by Earl Lyon, directed by William Claxton - nominated for an Oscar
- The Desperadoes Are in Town (Nov 1956) - directed by Kurt Neumann
- The Quiet Gun (1957) - produced by Earl Lyon, directed by William Claxton
- The Women of Pitcairn Island (Dec 1956) - written by Aubrey Wisberg, directed by Jean Yarbrough
- The Black Whip (1956)
- The Storm Rider
- The Quiet Gun (1957)
- She Devil (1957)
- Kronos (1957)
- Lure of the Swamp (1957)
- Plunder Road (1957)
- Escape from Red Rock (1957)
- Ride a Violent Mile (1957)
- Rockabilly Baby (1957)
- Young and Dangerous (1957)
- Ghost Diver (1957)
- Under Fire (1957)
- Copper Sky (1957)
- Back from the Dead (1957)
- The Unknown Terror (1957)
- 'Hell on Devil's Island(1957)
- Apache Warrior (1957)
- God Is My Partner (1957)
- The Abductors (1957)
- Badlands of Montana (1957)
- Diamond Safari (1958)
- Cattle Empire (1958)
- Ambush at Cimarron Pass (1958)
- Blood Arrow (1958)
- Sierra Baron (1958)
- Villa!! (Oct 1958)
- Thundering Jets (1958)
- Showdown at Boot Hill (1958)
- Space Master X-7 (1958)
- Desert Hell (1958)
- Frontier Gun (1958)
- Wolf Dog (1958)
- Lone Texan (1959)
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Produced by Lippert's Associated Producers, Distributed by 20th Century Fox
- Blood and Steel (1959) - produced by Gene Corman
- Five Gates to Hell (1959) - written, produced and directed by James Clavell
- The Oregon Trail (1959)
- The Miracle of the Hills (1959)
- The Alligator People (1959)
- Return of the Fly (1959)
- Here Come the Jets (1959)
- The Little Savage (1959)
- The Sad Horse (1959)
- Alaska Passage (1959)
- A Dog in Flanders (1959)
- Misty (1960)
- Tess of the Storm Country (1960)
- The Secret of the Purple Reef (1960)
- Freckles (1960)
- Walk Tall (1960)
- Young Jesse James (1960)
- Valley of the Redwoods (1960)
- Twelve Hours to Kill (1960)
- 13 Fighting Men (1960)
- The 3rd Voice (1960)
- Desire in the Dust (1960)
- The Purple Hills (1961)
- 7 Women from Hell (1961)
- 20,000 Eyes (1961)
- Battle at Bloody Beach (1961)
- The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1961)
- The Big Show (1961 film) (1961)
- The Silent Call (1961)
- It Happened in Athens (1961)
- The Long Rope (1961)
- The Canadians (1961) - directorial debut of Burt Kennedy
- The Two Little Bears (1961)
- Sniper's Ridge (1961)
- The Cabinet of Caligari (1962)
- Young Guns of Texas (1962)
- The Firebrand (1963)
- Air Patrol (1962)
- Womanhunt (1962)
- The Broken Land (1962)
- Hand of Death (1962)
- The Young Swingers (1963)
- Harbor Lights (1963)
- Police Nurse (1963)
- House of the Damned (1963)
- The Day Mars Invaded Earth (1963)
- The Last Man on Earth (1964)
- Walk a Tightrope (1964)
- Raiders from Beneath the Sea (1964)
- The Eyes of Annie Jones (1964)
- Surf Party (1964)
- Felicia (1964)
- The Woman Who Wouldn't Die (1965) aka Catacombs
Produced by Lippert Films, Distributed by 20th Century Fox (in England)
- The Earth Dies Screaming (1964)
- Night Train to Paris (1964) - written by Harry Spalding, produced by Jack Parsons, directed by Robert Douglas
- The Horror of It All (1964)
- Witchcraft (1964) - starring Lon Chaney Jr, written by Harry Spalding, produced by Jack Parsons, directed by Don Sharp
- The Murder Game (1965) - written by Harry Spalding, Iving Yergin, produced by Jack Parsons, directed by Sidney Salkow
- Spaceflight IC-1: An Adventure in Space (1965) - written by Harry Spalding, produced by Jack Parsons, directed by Bernard Knowles
- Curse of the Fly (1965) - written by Harry Spalding, produced by Jack Parsons, directed by Don Sharp
- The Return of Mr. Moto (1965) - produced by Jack Parsons, directed by Edward Morris
- The Last Shot You Hear' (1969) - produced by Jack Parsons, directed by Gordon Hessler
Produced by Lippert Films, Distributed by Feature Film Corp (in Philippines)
- Thunder Island (1963)
- Walls of Hell (1964)
- Moro Witch Doctor (1964)
- Back Door to Hell (1964) - produced by Fred Roos, directed by Monte Hellman
- Flight to Fury (1964) - written by Jack Nicholson, produced by Fred Roos, directed by Monte Hellman
- Cordillera (1965) - adaptation of Flight to Fury, directed by Eddie Romero
Produced by Lippert Films, Distributed by 20th Century Fox (in US)
- That Tennessee Beat (1966) - produced and directed by Richard Brill
Other Lippert Movies Distributed by 20th Century Fox
- The Yellow Canary (1963) - Cooga Mooga Productions - starring Pat Boone, written by Rod Serling, produced by Maury Dexter, directed by Buzz Kulik
- Troubled Waters (1964) - Parroch-McCallum - starring Tab Hunter, produced by Lippert and Jack Parsons
See also
References
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