United Artists Corporation

Overview

Works:	2,804 works in 9,351 publications in 9 languages and 258,499 library holdings
Genres:	Drama Film adaptations Historical films History Western films Biographical films Comedy films Musical films Legal films Action and adventure films
Roles:	prn, Producer, Production personnel, Originator, Distributor, pmn, Other, fmp, Defendant, Publisher
Classifications:	PN1997, 791.4372

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about United Artists Corporation

United Artists : the company built by the stars by Tino Balio( )
United Artists : the company that changed the film industry by Tino Balio( )
The United Artists story by Ronald Bergan( Book )
The high noon of American films in Latin America by Gaizka S. de Usabel( Book )
United Artists by Tino Balio( )

Star power : the creation of United Artists( Visual )
American films in Latin America : the case history of United Artists Corporation, 1919-1951 by Gaizka S. de Usabel( )
Presenting the greatest production achievement in the history of motion pictures : sensational 19 by United Artists Corporation( Book )
Final cut : dreams and disaster in the making of Heaven's gate by Steven Bach( Book )
by D. W Griffith( )
Six United showmen( Book )
Pogled u Bosnu : ili kratak put u onu krajinu, učinjen 1839-40. po jednom domorodcu by Matija Mažuranić( Book )
... catalog by United Artists Corporation( )
The Wisconsin Center for Theatre Research of the University of Wisconsin & the State Historical Society of Wisconsin announces the opening of the United Artists collection( Book )
The internationalism of the American cinema : the establishment of United Artists' foreign distribution operations by Michael Walsh( )
The story of United Artists product, 1937-1938 : the book of the year( Book )
Playing tennis by Herman Schultheis( Visual )
United Artists Corporation : history( Book )
United Artists Corporation publicity department miscellany by United Artists Corporation( )
Press kit for Cruising by United Artists Corporation( Visual )

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Most widely held works by United Artists Corporation

West Side Story by Arthur Laurents( Visual )

33 editions published between 1961 and 2008 in English and held by 4,856 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A modern version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, set in the Puerto Rican section of New York City

12 Angry Men by Sidney Lumet( Visual )

45 editions published between 1956 and 2013 in English and French and held by 3,959 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Depicts a jury of men who must decide the fate of a teenage boy who has murdered his abusive father. The jurors are from all walks of life, and bring with them their own opinions, prejudices, fears, and personal demons

Hotel Rwanda by Terry George( Visual )

33 editions published between 2004 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 3,317 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

As his country descends into madness, five star hotel manager Paul Rusesabigina sets out to save his family. But when he sees that the world will not intervene in the massacre of minority Tutsis, he finds courage to open his hotel to over 1,200 refugees. This is the true story of one man's brave stance against savagery during the 1994 Rwandan conflict

Bowling for Columbine by Michael Moore( Visual )

59 editions published between 2002 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 3,250 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The United States of America is notorious for its astronomical number of people killed by firearms for a developed nation without a civil war. With his signature sense of angry humor, activist filmmaker Michael Moore sets out to explore the roots of this bloodshed

Rain man by Barry Levinson( Visual )

70 editions published between 1988 and 2014 in 4 languages and held by 3,132 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A self-involved young man is shocked to discover that his millionaire father left most of his estate to an unknown beneficiary. The man tracks down said beneficiary, who turns out to be his brother and an autistic savant

Annie Hall by Woody Allen( Visual )

75 editions published between 1977 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 3,103 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A romantic and sensitive comedy revolving about the diverse and diverting releationships of two nervous New Yorkers, Alvie Singer and Annie Hall

Stagecoach by John Ford( Visual )

40 editions published between 1939 and 2017 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 3,032 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A group of passengers with nothing in common are stuck inside a coach that is being attacked by bandits and Indians

The good, the bad and the ugly by Sergio Leone( Visual )

68 editions published between 1966 and 2018 in 3 languages and held by 2,909 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In the Southwest during the American Civil War, three men seek a stolen gold shipment. With greed as their sole motivation, they overcome anything that gets in their way--including each other

Some like it hot by Billy Wilder( Visual )

37 editions published between 1959 and 2009 in English and held by 2,799 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In order to escape retaliation after they witness a gangland murder, two unemployed musicians disguise themselves as women and join an all-girl band headed to Miami. En route, one falls for the band's lovelorn singer, who thinks she loves an aged playboy. Their cover is blown by his love interest and by a mob boss, who refuses to fall for their hoax

The apartment by Huai de( Visual )

15 editions published between 1960 and 2011 in English and held by 2,674 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An ambitious insurance clerk lets the company executives use his apartment for their affairs, and discovers that one of them is seeing the girl he has fallen for

Capote by Bennett Miller( Visual )

37 editions published between 2005 and 2015 in English and Spanish and held by 2,631 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In 1959, Truman Capote was a popular writer for The New Yorker. He learns about the horrific and senseless murder of a family of four in Holcomb, Kansas. Inspired by the story, Capote and his partner, Harper Lee, travel to the town to do research for an article. However, as Capote digs deeper into the story, he is inspired to expand the project into what would be his greatest work, "In Cold Blood." He arranges extensive interviews with the convicted killers, especially with Perry Smith. However, his feelings of compassion for Perry conflicts with his need for closure for his book which only an execution can provide. That conflict and the mixed motives for both interviewer and subject make for a troubling experience that would produce an literary account that would redefine modern non-fiction

The miracle worker by Arthur Penn( Visual )

25 editions published between 1962 and 2017 in English and held by 2,526 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

One might, at first, assume that a biographical film about the education of deaf, mute and blind Helen Keller might be a study in mawkish sentimentality. To the contrary, it is a tough, thought-provoking and often unsettlingly honest story of two very strong personalities, clashing and ultimately overcoming incredible odds. Oscars went to both Patty Duke (as Keller) and Anne Bancroft (as her teacher, Annie Sullivan) for their exceptionally powerful performances, in this recreation of their Broadway success. (NOTE: For this film production of William Gibsonʹs award winning play, United Artists had wanted to replace Bancroft with a more bankable star, but director Arthur Penn insisted on Bancroft, thus bringing her not only commendations for this fine film, but also a long and distinguished Hollywood career.) (Bill Roth)

Rocky by John G Avildsen( Visual )

67 editions published between 1976 and 2015 in 5 languages and held by 2,184 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Rocky Balboa, a club fighter seemingly going nowhere, gets his once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go the distance and come out a winner when fate puts him in the ring with the world heavyweight champion

Walküre = Valkyrie by Bryan Singer( Visual )

20 editions published between 2009 and 2011 in English and held by 2,142 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Based on the incredible true story of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg and his ingenious assassination plot targeting Adolf Hitler, this engrossing thriller reenacts the daring operation to eliminate one of the most evil tyrants the world has ever known

Inherit the wind by Stanley Kramer( Visual )

24 editions published between 1960 and 2015 in English and French and held by 2,058 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Based on the real-life 1925 trial featuring Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan. Famous lawyer Henry Drummond battles fundamentalist Matthew Brady in a Tennessee courtroom when schoolteacher Bertram Cates is put on trial for violating the Butler Act, a state law that prohibits public school teachers from teaching evolution

Judgment at Nuremberg by Stanley Kramer( Visual )

25 editions published between 1961 and 2015 in English and held by 2,045 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

American judge Daniel Haywood presides over the trial of four German jurists accused of "legalizing" Nazi atrocities. But as graphic accounts of sterilization and murder unfold in the courtroom, mounting political pressure for leniency forces Haywood into making the most harrowing and difficult decision of his career

Raging Bull by Martin Scorsese( Visual )

72 editions published between 1980 and 2013 in 6 languages and held by 1,992 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

De Niro stars as champion boxer Jake La Motta, who rose from the streets of the Bronx to the heights of his sport, only to find disillusionment and corruption as well as fame

High noon by Fred Zinnemann( Visual )

45 editions published between 1952 and 2016 in English and held by 1,906 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Just-married lawman Will Kane is about to retire as a small-town sheriff and begin a new life with his bride when he learns that gunslinger Frank Miller is due to arrive at high noon to settle an old score. Kane seeks assistance from deputies and townsfolk but soon realizes he'll have to stand alone in his showdown with Miller and his henchmen

Midnight cowboy by John Schlesinger( Visual )

38 editions published between 1969 and 2014 in English and Italian and held by 1,856 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A Texas "cowboy" takes a bus to New York in search of lonely, rich women who will pay for his sexual services, but spends a hard winter helping a con man

The black stallion by MGM Family Entertainment( Visual )

34 editions published between 1979 and 2014 in English and held by 1,844 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Boy and horse are shipwrecked on an island where they become fast friends. Upon their return home they work together for a try in one of the great races at Santa Anita

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