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Associated Artists Productions was the copyright owner of the Popeye shorts by Paramount Pictures, and the pre-1950 Warner Bros. film library, notably the pre-August 1948 color Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated shorts, and the black-and-white Merrie Melodies shorts from Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising sans "Lady, Play Your Mandolin!
Associated Artists Productions (also known as a.a.p.) was a company that purchased the copyrights to the pre-1950 live-action Warner Bros. catalog and the copyrights to the pre-August 1948 color Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies library and all the black-and-white Harman-Ising Merrie Melodies...
Associated Artists Productions, Inc. (a.a.p.) later known as United Artists Associated was an American distributor of theatrical feature movies and subjects for television. Through a series of acquisitions, Associated Artists Productions' assets have passed to Warner Bros. Discovery.
Associated Artists Productions, Inc. ( a.a.p.) later known as United Artists Associated was an American distributor of theatrical feature films and short subjects for television.
The pre-1946 Monogram library was sold in 1954 to Associated Artists Productions, which itself was sold to United Artists in 1958 (it merged with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1981). The pre-1946 Monogram library was not part of the deal with Ted Turner .
Eliot Hyman (1904–1980) was an American film executive who helped co-found Seven Arts Productions. Biography. Hyman entered the film production business in 1948, when he co-founded Associated Artists. He became the sole owner of Associated Artists Productions (a.a.p.) two years later.
Source. Associated Artists Productions ( a.a.p.) was a distributor of theatrical feature films and short subjects for television. Through acquisitions, a.a.p. was later folded into United Artists, with its library eventually passing to Turner Entertainment Co., now part of Time Warner .