The Woolner Brothers were an American film releasing company formed in 1955, made up of Lawrence (April 22, 1912 – July 21, 1985), Bernard (June 9, 1910 – February 21, 1977), and David Woolner.
The company moved to California in the early 1960s.[3] The Woolners directly financed films made in Italy, and though they released several of Mario Bava's films in America, Bava turned down a contract to make films directly for them in 1965. The pair produced a pair of sword-and-sandal films featuring Reg Park as Hercules, a film based on Jules Verne's Five Weeks in a Balloon shot in Puerto Rico, a trio of giallo films, a pair of Eurospy films, two science fiction films and two hillbilly films filmed in the US.
woolner, brothers, were, american, film, releasing, company, formed, 1955, made, lawrence, april, 1912, july, 1985, bernard, june, 1910, february, 1977, david, woolner, founded1955, founderslawrence, woolnerbernard, woolnerdavid, woolner, contents, history, wo. The Woolner Brothers were an American film releasing company formed in 1955 made up of Lawrence April 22 1912 July 21 1985 Bernard June 9 1910 February 21 1977 and David Woolner Woolner BrothersFounded1955 FoundersLawrence WoolnerBernard WoolnerDavid Woolner Contents 1 History 2 Woolner Bros releases 3 References 4 External linksHistory editAfter US Army service in World War II Lawrence started a New Orleans drive in theatre in 1948 His brother Bernard had previously opened the first drive in theatre in Memphis 1 Like other drive in owners the Woolners advanced money to low budget B picture producers to finance their product 2 Their first release was Roger Corman s Swamp Women followed by Corman s Teenage Doll 3 both released through Allied Artists Bernard Woolner produced the financially successful Attack of the 50 Foot Woman in 1958 3 The company moved to California in the early 1960s 3 The Woolners directly financed films made in Italy and though they released several of Mario Bava s films in America Bava turned down a contract to make films directly for them in 1965 The pair produced a pair of sword and sandal films featuring Reg Park as Hercules a film based on Jules Verne s Five Weeks in a Balloon shot in Puerto Rico a trio of giallo films a pair of Eurospy films two science fiction films and two hillbilly films filmed in the US Woolner Brothers final release was The Sin of Adam and Eve filmed in Mexico that was released in 1969 4 Lawrence later became a partner in Corman s New World Pictures in 1970 as President in charge of Sales and Distribution but left with two other members of New World to join Kinney National Company which would later become Warner Communications and form Dimension Pictures in 1971 Woolner Bros releases editSwamp Women 1956 Teenage Doll 1957 Attack of the 50 Foot Woman 1958 produced by Bernard Woolner Hercules Conquers Atlantis Hercules and the Captive Women 1961 Hercules in the Haunted World 1961 Flight of the Lost Balloon 1962 Castle of Blood 1964 Castle of the Living Dead 1964 Blood and Black Lace 1965 The Human Duplicators 1965 Mutiny in Outer Space 1965 The Las Vegas Hillbillys 1966 Hillbillys in a Haunted House 1967 Lightning Bolt 1967 Red Dragon 1967 The Sin of Adam and Eve 1969 References edit Variety obituary p 43 Holmlund Chris amp Wyatt Justin Contemporary American Independent Film From the Margins to the Mainstream Routledge 2004 a b c Lawrence H Woolner Biography Fandango Retrieved October 1 2018 Craig Rob April 16 2019 American International Pictures A Comprehensive Filmography McFarland amp Company p 151 External links editWoolner Brothers at the Internet Movie Database nbsp This article about an American film distributor or production company is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Woolner Brothers amp oldid 1157504202, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
