Vanguard Films, Inc. was an American film production company, established by producer

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in 1943, after the dissolution of

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. The company's president was Daniel T. O'Shea;

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was the head of production. The company was liquidated in 1951.

History

After the dissolution of

, David O. Selznick established Vanguard Films, Inc., in 1943 and Selznick Releasing Organization in 1946. Vanguard was created to continue his productions, while the Selznick Releasing Organization was made to distribute output by Vanguard. Previously, Vanguard released through

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, of which Vanguard owned one-third of its stock. As with Selznick International, Vanguard was located at the RKO studio. Vanguard Films took over the three films still in production—''

Since You Went Away ''Since You Went Away'' is a 1944 American epic drama film directed by John Cromwell for Selznick International Pictures and distributed by United Artists. It is an epic about the US home front during World War II that was adapted and produce ...

'', '' I'll Be Seeing You'' and Hitchcock's '' Spellbound''—and delivered them to the distributor

, thus fulfilling Selznick's contract with UA. After the agreement with United Artists was completed, Vanguard films were distributed by

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or Selznick Releasing Organization. Notable films among those are Hitchcock's ''

The Paradine Case ''The Paradine Case'' is a 1947 American courtroom drama film with elements of film noir set in England, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and produced by David O. Selznick. Selznick and an uncredited Ben Hecht wrote the screenplay from an adaptatio ...

'' and

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's '' Duel in the Sun''. Vanguard Films was dissolved in 1951.

Filmography

Library

Like most Selznick productions, films made by Vanguard are now owned by

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through

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References

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External links

Hollywood Renegades: ''David O. Selznick: The SIMPP Years''
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