Eros Films
Entertainment | |
| Founded | May 1947 |
|---|---|
| Founder |
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| Defunct | June 1961 |
| Fate | Bankruptcy |
| Headquarters | , United Kingdom |
| Products | Motion pictures |
Eros Films was a British film distribution and, later, production company, in operation from May 1947 to June 1961. It was founded by three brothers: Philip, Sydney, and Michael Hyams.
Hyams Bros
The Hyams' father was a Russian immigrant baker, who in association with architect
During the years of the
History
In 1947, the brothers formed Eros Films, located at 111 Wardour Street, London, which was possibly named after
In the 1950s, Michael Hyams emigrated to the United States, where he became vice president of American British TV Movies Inc.[5] The company distributed Eros' British productions to the American television market like Colonel March of Scotland Yard, Scotland Yard and a number of Eros-produced feature films.
Co-production and production
Eros co-produced British films such as
The company produced one film by themselves, the British World War II film Battle of the V-1 (1958).
The end of Eros
Irving Allen and Albert R. Broccoli's Warwick Films had previously had a successful financing and distribution arrangement with Columbia Pictures, but there was occasionally friction between the two organisations. Allen thought they would increase their profits by creating their own distribution company to release films of a more highbrow nature than their successful action films. The two acquired Eros[7] from the Hyams brothers in 1959, though the brothers remained on the board.[8] Eros distributed Allen and Broccoli's The Trials of Oscar Wilde and Johnny Nobody, but both films failed at the box office.
The number of creditors and amounts owed by Eros led to the firm's bankruptcy in June 1961.[9]
References
- Rubinstein, Hilary L.The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History Palgrave Macmillan, 15/03/2011. p. 44.
- ^ Eyles, Allen. "Obituary: Phil Hyams". The Independent, 17 February 1997.
- ^ McFarlane, Brian & Slide, Anthony. The Encyclopedia of British Film. Methuen, 2003. p. 205.
- ^ a b MacKillop, Ian & Sinyard, Neil. British Cinema in the 1950s: An Art in Peacetime. Manchester University Press, 28/06/2003. p. 178
- ^ Moser, James D. International Television Almanac. Quigley Publishing Company, 1957. p. 486.
- ^ Weaver, Tom. "Eugene Lourie" Starlog, Issue #193, August 1993, p. 65.
- ^ Broccoli, Albert R. & Zec, Donald. When the Snow Melts: The Autobiography of Cubby Broccoli. Boxtree, 1998. p. 126.
- ^ Motion Picture Herald. Quigley Publishing Company, 1959. p. 15.
- ^ "Issue 42384" (PDF). The London Gazette. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2013. Retrieved 13 December 2022.