The Mirisch Company
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The Mirisch Company was an American film production company owned by Walter Mirisch and his brothers, Marvin and Harold Mirisch. The company also had sister firms known at various times as Mirisch Production Company, Mirisch Pictures Inc., Mirisch Films, and The Mirisch Corporation.[1]
History
The Mirisch Company was founded in 1957[2] at which time it signed a 12-picture deal with United Artists (UA) that was extended to 20 films two years later. Its first production was Man of the West (1958) starring Gary Cooper.[3] UA acquired the company on March 1, 1963, but the Mirisch brothers continued to produce for their distribution, under other corporate names, in rented space at the Samuel Goldwyn Studio.
It produced many successful motion pictures for United Artists, beginning with the release of Fort Massacre (1958) but later including Some Like It Hot (1959), The Horse Soldiers (1959), The Apartment (1960), The Magnificent Seven (1960), West Side Story (1961), Follow That Dream (1962 with Elvis Presley), The Great Escape (1963), The Pink Panther (1963), Hawaii (1966), In the Heat of the Night (1967), The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), and many others.
In 1964
Mirisch first entered television in 1959 with the series,
The company forged long-term associations with directors such as
Films and series
The following were from Mirisch Companies:
- Fort Massacre (1958)
- Man of the West (1958)
- Some Like it Hot (1959)
- The Man in the Net (1959)
- The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959)
- The Horse Soldiers (1959)
- Cast a Long Shadow (1959)
- The Apartment (1960)
- The Magnificent Seven (1960)
- By Love Possessed (1961)
- Town Without Pity (1961)
- West Side Story (1961)
- One, Two Three (1961)
- The Children's Hour (1961)
- 'Follow that Dream (1962)
- Kid Galahad (1962)
- Two for the See Saw (1962)
- Irma La Douce (1963)
- The Great Escape (1963)
- Toys in the Attic (1963)
- Stolen Hours (1963)
- Kings of the Sun (1963)
- The Pink Panther (1964)
- 633 Squadron (1964)
- A Shot in the Dark (1964)
- Kiss Me Stupid (1964)
- The Satan Bug (1965)
- The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
- A Rage to Live (1965)
- Return from the Ashes (1965)
- Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)
- The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming(1966)
- What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)
- Hawaii (1966)
- The Fortune Cookie (1966)
- The Return of the Seven (1966)
- How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying (1967)
- In the Heat of the Night (1967)
- Hour of the Gun (1967)
- Fitzwilly (1967)
- Attack on the Iron Coast (1968)
- The Party (1968)
- Submarine X-1 (1968)
- Inspector Clouseau (1968)
- The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
- The First Time (1969)
- Sinful Davey (1969)
- Guns of the Magnificent Seven(1969)
- Submarine X-1 (1969)
- Some Kind of a Nut (1969)
- The Thousand Plane Raid (1969)
- Gaily, Gaily (1969)
- Hell Boats (1970)
- Halls of Anger (1970)
- The Last Escape (1970)
- Mosquito Squadron (1970)
- The Landlord (1970)
- The Hawaiians (1970)
- They Call me MISTER Tibbs! (1970)
- Cannon for Cordoba (1970)
- The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
- The Organization (1971)
- Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
- The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972)
- Avanti! (1972)
- Scorpio (1973)
- The Spikes Gang (1974)
- Mr. Majestyk (1974)
- Midway (1976)
- Gray Lady Down (1978)
- Same Time, Next Year (1979)
- The Prisoner of Zenda (1979)
- Dracula (1979)
- Romantic Comedy (1983)
- Various animated cartoons
- The Pink Panther
- The Inspector
- Roland and Rattfink
- The Ant and the Aardvark
- Tijuana Toads/Texas Toads
- The Blue Racer
- Hoot Kloot
- The Dogfather
- Misterjaw
- Crazylegs Crane
- Dennis the Menace in Mayday for Mother (1981)
- Goldilocks (1970)
Television Series:
- Wichita Town (1959 -1960)
- Peter Loves Mary (1960)
- The Super 6 (1966 - 1967)
- Hey Landlord (1966–1967)
- The Rat Patrol (1966 - 1968)
- Super President (1967 - 1968)
- Here Comes the Grump (1969 - 1970)
- The Pink Panther Show (1969 - 1971)
- The Pink Panther meets Ant and the Aardvark (1971 - 1976)
- The Pink Panther Laugh and Half Hour (1976 - 1978)
- The All New Pink Panther Show (1978 - 1979)
- The Pink Panther and Sons (1984 - 1985)
- The Magnificent Seven (1998 - 1999)
- The New Pink Panther Show(1993 - 1994)
Television Movies:
- High Midnight (1979)
- Desperado: Outlaw Wars(1989)
- Desperado: Badlands Justice(1989)
- Tagget (1990)
References
- ^ "Walter Mirisch". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
- ^ King, Susan (June 17, 2008). "Career stories from a storied producer". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ Powe. (September 17, 1958). "Film reviews: Man of the West". Variety. p. 6. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
- ^ "David Depatie Interview". YouTube. January 16, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
- ^ "Mirisch-Rich TV on the starting line" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 4, 1965. p. 49. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
- ^ "Penalty of success" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 29, 1967. p. 5. Retrieved September 14, 2023.