It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures

Name: It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures
Director: Eamon Harrington
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2001-05-01
Duration: 3600000 s
Cast: Peter Bogdanovich, Samuel Z. Arkoff, Bob Burns

Directed by Eamon Harrington, John Watkin

2001 60mDocumentary

7.7

A 60-minute salute to American International Pictures. Entertainment lawyer Samuel Z. Arkoff founded AIP (then called American Releasing Corporation) on a $3000 loan in 1954 with his partner, James H. Nicholson, a former West Coast exhibitor and distributor. The company made its mark by targeting teenagers with quickly produced films that exploited subjects mainstream films were reluctant to tackle.