Santana Pictures Corporation

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Santana Pictures Corporation (often just Santana Pictures, Inc. or A Santana Production ) was an American film company founded in 1949 by actor Humphrey Bogart .

history

Humphrey Bogart was an avid sailor and had a yacht called the Santana. He named his film company after this yacht in 1949. In the period between 1949 and 1953 he made seven, mostly mediocre films. The most successful film was the British / American / Italian co-production Schach dem Teufel (Beat the Devil) . Although he was always a co-producer, he was never mentioned in the opening credits or credits as such.

Movies

The first film was before closed doors (Knock on Any Door) of the 1949 Columbia Pictures was awarded. In the same year Tokio-Joe (Tokyo Joe) was created . It was shot between January 4, 1949 and February 16, 1949. Bogart himself played Joseph "Joe" Barrett. The last film from 1949 was And Baby Makes Three, and was directed by Henry Levin . The main roles were played by Robert Young , Barbara Hale and Robert Hutton . Bogart himself did not appear in this film.

In 1950 appeared a Lonely Place (In a Lonely Place) . Directed by Nicholas Ray . Bogart plays the leading role alongside the beautiful Gloria Grahame . It premiered on May 17, 1950. In 2007 he received the National Film Registry Award.

Sirocco - Between Cairo and Damascus (Sirocco) was made in 1951. He played the lead role alongside Lee J. Cobb . Directed by Curtis Bernhardt . Columbia Pictures again loaned this film. The Family Secret had its world premiere on October 24, 1951 . Here, too, the collaboration with Columbia Pictures, which loaned the film, was successful. Bogart only acted as a co-producer here. The main roles were played by John Derek and again Lee J. Cobb.

The last film was made in 1953. Beat the Devil (Beat the Devil) was an American-British-Italian co-production. The film was shot in the UK and Italy . He had a budget of $ 1,000,000. The leading roles were well-known: Humphrey Bogart played Billy Dannreuther, Peter Lorre played Julius O'Hara, Jennifer Jones played Mrs. Gwendolen Chelm and Gina Lollobrigida played Maria Dannreuther. Directed by John Huston . The United Artists distributed the film in American and German cinemas.

useful information

  • All seven films were shot in black and white.
  • Bogart himself did not act in two films.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041967/business
  2. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042593/releaseinfo
  3. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044040/companycredits
  4. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043521/releaseinfo
  5. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043521/companycredits
  6. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046414/locations
  7. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046414/business
  8. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046414/companycredits