Liberty Pictures
American film production company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Liberty Films co-founded in 1945 by Frank Capra.
Liberty Pictures was an American film production company of the 1930s. Part of Poverty Row, the company produced low-budget B pictures. It was one of two companies controlled by the producer M.H. Hoffman along with Allied Pictures.
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Company type | Film Production |
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Industry | Entertainment |
Founded | 1930 |
Founders | M.H. Hoffman |
Defunct | 1935 |
Fate | Acquired by Republic Pictures |
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The company produced its first film, Ex-Flame, loosely based on the Victorian novel East Lynne, in 1930. In 1935 the company was taken over by the larger Republic Pictures.[1] When absorbing the company, Republic adopted the symbolic motif of Liberty Pictures - the Liberty Bell ringing in Philadelphia. This merger constituted an attempt by Herbert Yates to rationalize Poverty Row and create a ninth[clarification needed] major studio.