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Contents 1 1975 Movie: SALO 2 Pickford 3 Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers 4 CATV 5 Public domain? 6 UA Logos 7 1994 UA logo 8 Essay/Original Research 9 Fair use rationale for Image:United logo silent.jpg 10 Source to add to article re Cruise/Wagner era

[edit] 1975 Movie: SALO

I can't figure out why "Salo" is not on mentioned or even on the list of films? User:anonymous 05:09, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pickford

The PBS (American Experience) bio for Pickford states that (whatever more global issues were at stake) UA's creation was triggered specifically by the studio backlash against her hard bargaining, specifically in the form of a plan by her former employer to buy the studio she had gone to rather than contract again with the one he headed. It also left me with the impression that her paychecks might well have been more than half of the combined economic stakes of the performers involved.

American Experience | Mary Pickford | Transcript | PBS says "The complete Mary Pickford program transcript will be available after the television broadcast." Well, but not ten minutes after.
--Jerzy (t) 02:33, 2005 Apr 5 (UTC)

[edit] Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers

The Mary Pickford article mentions the following: "1941: Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, Walt Disney, Orson Welles, Samuel Goldwyn, David O. Selznick, Alexander Korda, and Walter Wanger founded the Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers." The "Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers" is a link to the this United Artists article, but this article itself makes no mention of what this entity is or how it relates to United Artists. -- GIR 04:52, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CATV

This article has no mention of UA's Cable TV interests - now, these seem to have died out before the 'net became majorly popular; and they never had any over here, but I know that some or all of the Telewest network in the UK was United Artists.

Anybody have any info on it for the article?

[edit] Public domain?

"while still other classic 1930s and 1940s UA films are now in the public domain."

If this is true, I'm guessing that it happened when UA forgot to renew its 1909 Act copyrights. Is this the case? --Damian Yerrick 23:54, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] UA Logos

The only logos that I see on TV now by UA are the 1987 logo and sometimes with the MGM/UA byline, the 1994 logo (which is my favorite), and today's logo. I don't see the UA/Transamerica logo anymore or the 1982 logo. King Shadeed 20:56, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

• When I popped in my VHS copy of "The Black Stallion" (BTW, it was printed in 1994 and released in 1990), I saw the 1975 United Artists logo! I hear it's also preserved on the DVD of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". --Ryanasaurus0077 13:11, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 1994 UA logo

Did you know that in 1994 when United Artists had their logo on a marble background meant that UA celebrated it's 75th Anniversary? King Shadeed 23:07, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Essay/Original Research

Much of this article lacks citations, expresses the author's opinion, and uses language that does not reflect a NPOV. Much of this article lacks citations, expresses the author's opinion, and uses language that does not reflect a NPOV. I'd love to add specific examples, but frankly, that would involve me reposting the entire article in the talk section. It's a nice piece for a paper or newsletter, perhaps, but does it belong here without heavy modification? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.7.91.112 (talk) 23:33, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:United logo silent.jpg

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BetacommandBot 20:06, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Source to add to article re Cruise/Wagner era

• New York Times partner publications (2008-05-25). The Times - Movie Preview. The Times, South Africa. www.thetimes.co.za. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.

Some good background info to add to article. Cirt (talk) 07:03, 25 May 2008 (UTC)