Warner Bros.-Seven Arts

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Template otherTemplate:Main other Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, Inc. was an American entertainment company active from 1967 until 1969.

History

Seven Arts Productions acquired Jack L. Warner's controlling interest in Warner Bros. Pictures for $32 million in November 1966. The merger between the two companies was completed by July 15, 1967, and the combined company was named Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.

The acquisition included Warner Bros. Records (which was renamed Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Records), and Reprise Records. Later that same year, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts purchased Atlantic Records. Those record labels were combined in 1971 with two other acquisitions (Elektra Records and its sister label Nonesuch Records) in a new holding company, Warner-Elektra-Atlantic, under the direction of Mo Ostin and Joe Smith.

The head of production was Kenneth Hyman, son of Seven Arts co-founder Eliot Hyman. The first film of production and distribution was Reflections in a Golden Eye. Cool Hand Luke was the final film produced by Warner Bros. Pictures before and after changing its name.

Acquisition by Kinney

On July 4, 1969, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts was acquired by Kinney National Company, and, in August that year, Ted Ashley became the chairman of the film studio. On December 16, 1969, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts was rebranded as Warner Bros. Inc.

The final film to be released under the Warner Bros.-Seven Arts name was Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed, which was released in February 1970. The studio's next film, Woodstock, which was released in March, was credited as a Warner Bros. production, and this credit would be applied to all other productions from the studio afterward with Warner Bros. reestablished as a major film studio.

In September 1971, due to a financial scandal in its parking lot operation business, Kinney National spun off its non-entertainment assets as National Kinney Corporation, and changed its name to Warner Communications Inc. on February 10, 1972.

Filmography

• The Shuttered Room (1967)
• Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
• Camelot (1967)
• Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)
• Wait Until Dark (1967)
• Cool Hand Luke (1967)
• The Cats (1968)
• Firecreek (1968)
• Countdown (1968)
• Norman Normal (1968); produced by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Animation
• Bye Bye Braverman (1968)
• Kona Coast (1968)
• Chubasco (1968)
• Petulia (1968)
• The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
• The Green Berets (1968)
• Assignment to Kill (1968)
• I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (1968)
• Rachel, Rachel (1968)
• Finian's Rainbow (1968)
• Bullitt (1968)
• Sweet November (1968)
• The Sea Gull (1968)
• The Sergeant (1968)
• Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968); with Hammer Films
• The Picasso Summer (1969)
• The Big Bounce (1969)
• 2000 Years Later (1969)
• The Wild Bunch (1969)
• The Learning Tree (1969)
• The Rain People (1969)
• The Valley of Gwangi (1969); with Hammer Films
• The Great Bank Robbery (1969)
• Moon Zero Two (1969); with Hammer Films
• Once You Kiss a Stranger (1969)
• The Sweet Body of Deborah (1969)
• The Arrangement (1969)
• Jeff (1969); with Alain Delon's Adel Productions
• Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts (1967–69); produced by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Animation
• The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970); with David Paradine Productions and London Weekend Television
• Crescendo (1970)
• Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970)
• Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)
• Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1970); with Hammer Films

See also

• List of record labels