Producers Releasing Corporation

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Producers Releasing Corporation was a low-budget American film studio of the 1940s known for its prolific output of B-movies.

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instanceOf American film studio
defunct company
film studio
activePeriod 1940s
audience mass audience
budgetLevel low-budget
businessCategory Poverty Row studio
businessModel low-budget production and distribution
businessStrategy high volume of releases
low production costs
country United States of America
surface form: United States
distributionChannel theatrical distribution
distributionScope United States theatrical market
employmentPractice use of contract players and journeyman directors
era Hollywood Golden Age
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
filmFormat black-and-white films
filmLengthCategory B feature
filmMarketPosition B-picture supplier
genreFocus low-budget films
headquartersLocation California, United States
surface form: California

Hollywood NERFINISHED
Los Angeles
industry film industry
language English-language films
marketSegment low-cost entertainment
notableFor low-budget production
prolific output of B-movies
organizationalType independent studio
product B movies
feature films
motion pictures
productionValues minimal sets and modest production design
releasePattern supporting features on double bills
reputation specialist in inexpensive genre pictures
scale small studio
status defunct
targetMarket independent exhibitors
neighborhood theaters
typicalGenres crime films
exploitation films
mystery films
war films
western films
typicalRuntime short feature length

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William Beaudine employer Producers Releasing Corporation