American International Pictures

American International Pictures (AIP) was an independent film production and distribution company formed on April 2, 1954 as American Releasing Corporation (ARC) by James H. Nicholson, former Sales Manager of Realart Pictures Inc., and Samuel Z. Arkoff, an entertainment lawyer. It was dedicated to releasing low-budget films packaged as double features, primarily of interest to the teenagers of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Nicholson and Arkoff formed ARC in 1954;[1] their first release was The Fast and the Furious in 1955. In 2005, Robert Rodriguez founded a horror company called Rodriguez International Pictures, which is a homage to the company.

American International Pictures
IndustryFilmed entertainment
FateAcquired by Filmways
SuccessorFilmways
FoundedApril 2, 1954
FounderJames H. Nicholson, Samuel Z. Arkoff
Defunct1980
HeadquartersLos Angeles
Key people
Roger Corman, Alex Gordon, Lou Rusoff, Herman Cohen
Roger Corman's The Raven (1963)

AIP personnel

Nicholson and Arkoff served as executive producers while Roger Corman and Alex Gordon were the principal film producers and, sometimes, directors. Writer Charles B. Griffith wrote many of the early films, along with Arkoff's brother-in-law, Lou Rusoff, who later produced many of the films he had written. Other writers included Ray Russell, Richard Matheson and Charles Beaumont. Floyd Crosby, A.S.C. famous for his camera work on a number of exotic documentaries and the Oscar winner, High Noon, was chief cinematographer. His innovative use of surreal color and odd lenses and angles gave AIP films a signature look. The early rubber monster suits and miniatures of Paul Blaisdell were used in AIP's science fiction films. The company also hired Les Baxter[2] and Ronald Stein to compose many of its film scores.

In the 1950s, the company had a number of actors under contract, including John Ashley, Fay Spain and Steve Terrell.

Emphasis on teenagers

When many of ARC/AIP's first releases failed to earn a profit, Arkoff quizzed film exhibitors who told him of the value of the teenage market as adults were watching television.[3][4] AIP stopped making Westerns with Arkoff explaining: "To compete with television westerns you have to have color, big stars and $2,000,000".[5]:126

AIP was the first company to use focus groups,[6] polling American teenagers about what they would like to see and using their responses to determine titles, stars, and story content. AIP would question their exhibitors (who often provided 20% of AIP's financing[5]:35) what they thought of the success of a title, then would have a writer create a script for it.[5]:156 A sequence of tasks in a typical production involved creating a great title, getting an artist such as Albert Kallis who supervised all AIP artwork from 1955–73[7] to create a dynamic, eye-catching poster, then raising the cash, and finally writing and casting the film.

The ARKOFF formula

Samuel Z. Arkoff related his tried-and-true "ARKOFF formula" for producing a successful low-budget movie years later, during a 1980s talk show appearance. His ideas for a movie included:

  • Action (exciting, entertaining drama)
  • Revolution (novel or controversial themes and ideas)
  • Killing (a modicum of violence)
  • Oratory (notable dialogue and speeches)
  • Fantasy (acted-out fantasies common to the audience)
  • Fornication (sex appeal for young adults)

Later, the AIP publicity department devised a strategy called "the Peter Pan Syndrome":

a) a younger child will watch anything an older child will watch;
b) an older child will not watch anything a younger child will watch;
c) a girl will watch anything a boy will watch;
d) a boy will not watch anything a girl will watch;
therefore:
to catch your greatest audience you zero in on the 19-year-old male.[8]

American Releasing Company

AIP began as the American Releasing Company, a new distribution company formed in the early 1950s formed by James H. Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff.

Roger Corman

They were interested in distributing a car chase movie produced by Roger Corman for his Palo Alto Productions, The Fast and the Furious (1955). Corman had received offers from other companies for the film, but ARC offered to advance money to enable Corman to make two other films. Corman agreed, The Fast and the Furious performed well at the box office and the company was launched.

Corman's next two films for the company were a Western, Five Guns West (1955), which Corman directed, and a science fiction film, The Beast with a Million Eyes (1955). The title from the latter had come from Nicholson.

ARC also distributed the Western Outlaw Treasure (1955) starring Johnny Carpenter.

Alex Gordon

ARC got Corman to direct another Western and science fiction double bill Apache Woman (1955) and Day the World Ended (1955). Both scripts were written by Arkoff's brother-in-law Lou Rusoff, who would become the company's leading writer in its early days. Apache Woman was produced by Alex Gordon, an associate of Arkoff's, Day was produced by Corman. Both were made by Golden State Productions, ARC's production arm.[9][10]

Normally, B movies were made for the second part of a bill and received a flat rate. As television was encroaching on the B movie market, Nicholson and Arkoff felt it would be more profitable to make two low budget films and distribute them together on a double feature. Nicholson came up with a title for a film to support Day the World Ended, The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955), but lacked the money to make both films. They split the costs with Dan and Jack Milner, film editors who wanted to get into production. The resulting double bill was very successful at the box office.[9]

Gordon also produced The Oklahoma Woman (1955), a Western by Corman, made through Sunset Productions. It was put on a double feature with Female Jungle (1955), a film noir.

Other films released under the ARC banner include a British documentary Operation Malaya (1955) and Corman's Gunslinger (1956).

American International in the 1950s

Arkoff and Nicholson had always wanted to name their company "American International Pictures", but the name was unavailable. When the name became available, they changed over.

There were three main production arms at AIP in the late 1950s: Roger Corman, Alex Gordon and Lou Rusoff, and Herman Cohen. Arkoff and Nicholson would buy films from other filmmakers as well, and import films from outside America.

Roger Corman

Corman continued to be an important member of AIP (though he also worked for Allied Artists and his own Filmgroup company during this period). He had a big hit for the company with the science fiction film It Conquered the World (1956) from a script by Rusoff that was rewritten by Charles B. Griffith.

His films included Rock All Night (1956); Naked Paradise (1957), in which Arkoff had a small role; The Undead, Sorority Girl, The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent (1957), Machine Gun Kelly with Charles Bronson, and Teenage Caveman (1958), with Robert Vaughn.

AIP also distributed films Corman helped finance films, such as Night of the Blood Beast, She Gods of Shark Reef and The Brain Eaters (all released in 1958).

Alex Gordon and Lou Rusoff

The other key producer for AIP was Alex Gordon who mostly made films though his Golden State Productions outfit, usually written by Lou Rusoff. He made Girls in Prison (1956), with director Edward L. Cahn who would become one of AIP's most prolific directors. AIP released it on a double bill with Hot Rod Girl (1956).

Cahn also directed the following for Gordon: The She-Creature (released as a double feature with It Conquered the World); Flesh and the Spur, the last Western made by AIP; Shake, Rattle & Rock!, a rock musical with Mike Connors; Runaway Daughters (1956); Voodoo Woman, Dragstrip Girl (1957), with John Ashley; Motorcycle Gang (1957), again with Ashley; Jet Attack and Submarine Seahawk (1958). Most of these were written by Rusoff and directed by Edward L. Cahn.

Gordon left AIP and Rusoff alone produced Hot Rod Gang (1958) and Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow (1959).

Herman Cohen

Another key producer for AIP was Herman Cohen, who had a huge hit with I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957) starring Michael Landon). He followed it with I Was a Teenage Frankenstein, Blood of Dracula (both also in 1957 as a double feature), How to Make a Monster (1958), The Headless Ghost and Horrors of the Black Museum (both in 1959).

Other producers

Other key collaborators who worked for AIP in the late 1950s included:

Pickups

AIP would flesh out their distribution schedule by buying films made by outside producers. These included The Astounding She-Monster, the documentary Naked Africa, The Screaming Skull (1957), The Cool and the Crazy, Daddy-O, Dragstrip Riot and Tank Batallion (1958).

Anglo-Amalgamated

AIP developed a mutual relationship with Britain's Anglo-Amalgamated who would distribute AIP's product in the U.K. In return, AIP would distribute their films in the U.S., such as The Tommy Steele Story (1957) and Cat Girl (1957).

AIP also imported The White Huntress (1954, England), Pulgarcito (1958, Mexico) and The Sky Calls (1959, Russia).

Late 1950s crisis

AIP became a victim of its own success when other companies started copying its double feature strategy. Costs were rising and were not compensated by increased box office grosses. They shut down most of their production arms and focused on distributing films from Italy, while they decided what to do next.

AIP's 1960s output

Imports

In the late 1950s, AIP kept their company afloat by importing films from Italy. These included Sheba and the Gladiator (1959), Goliath and the Barbarians (1959) and Black Sunday (1960); the latter film proved to be one of the company's early successes.

There was also Atomic Agent (1959, France), The Angry Red Planet (1959, Denmark), Tiger of Bengal (1959) and The Indian Tomb (1960) from Fritz Lang in Germany, Portrait of a Sinner (1959, West Germany), The Professionals (1960, Great Britain), and Escape to Paradise (1960, the Philippines).

They also bought Why Must I Die? and The Jailbreakers (1960).

The Corman-Poe cycle

In the early 1960s, AIP gained some kudos by combining Roger Corman, Vincent Price and the stories of Edgar Allan Poe into a series of horror films, with scripts by Richard Matheson, Charles Beaumont, Ray Russell, R. Wright Campbell and Robert Towne.

The original idea, usually credited to Corman and Lou Rusoff, was to take Poe's story "The Fall of the House of Usher", which had both a high name-recognition value and the merit of being in the public domain, and thus royalty-free, and expand it into a feature film. Corman convinced the studio to give him a larger budget than the typical AIP film so he could film the movie in widescreen and color, and use it to create lavish sets as well.[11]

The success of House of Usher led AIP to finance further films based on Poe's stories. The sets and special effects were often reused in subsequent movies (for example, the burning roof of the Usher mansion reappears in most of the other films as stock footage), making the series quite cost-effective. All the films in the series were directed by Roger Corman, and they all starred Price except The Premature Burial, which featured Ray Milland in the lead. It was originally produced for another studio, but AIP acquired the rights to it.[11]

As the series progressed, Corman made attempts to change the formula. Later films added more humor to the stories, especially The Raven, which takes Poe's poem as an inspiration and develops it into an all-out farce starring Price, Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre; Karloff had starred in a 1935 film with the same title. Corman also adapted H. P. Lovecraft's short novel The Case of Charles Dexter Ward in an attempt to get away from Poe, but AIP changed the title to that of an obscure Poe poem, The Haunted Palace, and marketed it as yet another movie in the series. The last two films in the series, The Masque of the Red Death and The Tomb of Ligeia, were filmed in England with an unusually long schedule for Corman and AIP.

Although Corman and Rusoff are generally credited with coming up with the idea for the Poe series, in an interview on the Anchor Bay DVD of Mario Bava's Black Sabbath, Mark Damon claims that he first suggested the idea to Corman. Damon also says that Corman let him direct The Pit and the Pendulum uncredited. Corman's commentary for Pit mentions nothing of this and all existing production stills of the film show Corman directing.

List of Corman-Poe films

Of eight films, seven feature stories that are actually based on the works of Poe.

  1. House of Usher (1960) – based on the short story "The Fall of the House of Usher"
  2. The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) – based on the title of the short story of the same name
  3. The Premature Burial (1962) – based on the short story of the same name
  4. Tales of Terror (1962) – based on the short stories "Morella", "The Black Cat", "The Cask of Amontillado" and "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar"
  5. The Raven (1963) – based on the poem of the same name
  6. The Haunted Palace (1963) – based on H.P. Lovecraft's novella The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, using the title from Poe's 1839 poem
  7. The Masque of the Red Death (1964) – based on the short story of the same name with another Poe short story, "Hop-Frog", used as a subplot
  8. The Tomb of Ligeia (1964) – based on the short story "Ligeia"

Occasionally, Corman's 1963 film The Terror (produced immediately after The Raven) is recognized as being part of the Corman-Poe cycle, although the film's story and title are not based on any literary work of Poe.

Based in rented office space at the Chaplin Studios, during the early 1960s AIP concentrated on horror films inspired by the Poe cycle. In 1962, Arkoff said AIP was in a position similar to Columbia Pictures just before they made Submarine and Dirigible:

Before that they were on poverty row. Our better position will enable us to obtain more important writers, perhaps more important producers as well. We're a privately owned company at the moment but perhaps within two or three years we will become a public company.[12]

Beach Party era

Beginning with 1963's Beach Party, AIP created a new genre of beach party films featuring Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon. The original idea and the first script were Rusoff's. The highly successful and often imitated series ended in 1966 with the seventh film, The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini. Many actors from the beach films also appeared in AIP's spy-spoofs, such as Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965) and car racing films like Fireball 500 (1966) and Thunder Alley. During this time, AIP also produced or distributed most of Corman's horror films, such as X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes.

In 1966, the studio released The Wild Angels starring Peter Fonda, based loosely on the real-life exploits of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang. This film ushered in AIP's most successful year and kicked off a subgenre of motorcycle gang films that lasted almost 10 years and included Devil's Angels, The Glory Stompers with Dennis Hopper, and The Born Losers—the film that introduced the Billy Jack character.

In 1968, AIP launched a $22 million film program.[13] The psychedelic and hippie scenes of the late '60s were also exploited with films like The Trip, also with Fonda, Riot on Sunset Strip, Wild in the Streets, Maryjane, Gas-s-s-s and Psych-Out with Jack Nicholson. These "social protest" films were also highly successful. Horror movies also enjoyed a revival of popularity in the late 60s.[14]

International American International

In the U.K., AIP struck up a film making partnership with Nat Cohen and Stuart Levy's Anglo-Amalgamated.

On a trip to Italy, Arkoff met Fulvio Lucisano, an Italian screenwriter and producer who eventually headed Italian International Film,[15] which co-produced 25 films in Italy for AIP.[16] Due to importing completed productions from other foreign countries being cheaper and more simplistic than producing their own in-house studio films in America, AIP had released many giallo, peplum, Eurospy and Macaroni Combat war films featuring many American stars and Italian stars such as the comedy team of Franco Franchi and Ciccio Ingrassia. However, AIP released only two Spaghetti Westerns (Massacre Time and God Forgives... I Don't!), perhaps recalling their failure with Westerns in the 1950s. Many of these films were edited, rewritten with different (dubbed English) dialogue, usually by Arkoff's nephew Ted Rusoff, and sometimes re-scored by Les Baxter.

AIP, through Henry G. Saperstein, is known for being the major U.S. distributor for Toho's Godzilla and Daiei's Gamera (kaiju) films of the '60s and '70s. AIP also distributed other Japanese science fiction films like Frankenstein Conquers the World, Monster from a Prehistoric Planet, The X from Outer Space and the South Korean production Yongary, Monster from the Deep, as well as two Japanese animated features from Toei Animation, Alakazam the Great and Jack and the Witch.

AIP also released a pair of Japanese spy thrillers re-dubbed as a comedy co-written by Woody Allen called What's Up Tiger Lily?.[17]

The studio also released edited and English-dubbed versions of several Eastern Bloc science fiction films that had the dialogue rewritten for the American market and in some cases had additional scenes filmed with American and British actors. These include the Soviet film Planeta Bur (Planet of Storms) which was released by AIP in two different English-dubbed versions, as Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet and Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women and the highly regarded 1963 Czech science fiction film Ikarie XB-1, which was re-titled Voyage to the End of the Universe.

A few years later, AIP backed a British Poe film directed by Gordon Hessler: The Oblong Box (1969) based on the short story of the same name.

AIP-TV

In 1964, AIP became one of the last film studios to start its own television production company, American International Productions Television (a.k.a. American-International Television or AIP-TV).[18] AIP-TV at first released many of their 1950s films to American television stations, then filmed unsuccessful television pilots for Beach Party and Sergeant Deadhead. The company then made several color sci-fi/horror television films by Larry Buchanan that were remakes of black-and-white AIP films, and sold packages of many English-dubbed European, Japanese and Mexican films (the last type were produced by K. Gordon Murray) and foreign-made live-action and animated TV series (including Prince Planet). The best known animated series AIP-TV distributed was Sinbad Jr. and his Magic Belt.

In order to allay the fears of cinema owners who feared current releases would soon end up being shown on television, AIP issued a statement retroactive to 1963 that the company would not release any of their films to television until five years after cinema release, unless the film had not made back its original negative costs.[19] AIP-TV also filmed specials for promotion of AIP films, such as The Wild Weird World of Dr. Goldfoot (1965, ABC) and An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe (1972, syndication), both with Vincent Price.

In 1978, AIP-TV distributed the pop music series Twiggy's Jukebox. For several years around this time, AIP-TV also distributed several British TV series, including The Avengers, to U.S. stations.

AIP Records

AIP started their own record label, American International Records, in 1959[20] to release music used in their films. There were a number of soundtrack albums as well.[21]

AIP Records was once distributed by MGM Records,[22] the record label owned by AIP's successor-in-interest MGM.

Later years

In 1969, AIP went public to raise extra capital, issuing 300,000 shares.[23][24]

In 1970, they entered into an agreement with Commonwealth United Entertainment to issue their films.[25] In 1971 they released 31 films, their greatest number to date, and were seen as one of the most stable companies in Hollywood.[26] Despite their exploitation roots, they did not concentrate on R- or X-rated filmmaking during this period.[27]

Resignation of Nicholson

In 1972, James H. Nicholson resigned from AIP to set up his own production company working out of 20th Century Fox, called Academy Pictures Corporation; its only two releases were The Legend of Hell House and Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry.[28][29] AIP bought out over 100,000 of Nicholson's shares.[30] He died shortly thereafter of a cancerous brain tumor.[31]

Arkoff alone

Arkoff continued on at AIP as president until the end of the decade. Heads of production during the 1970s included Larry Gordon[32] and Jere Henshaw.

By the early 1970s, AIP felt the horror movie cycle was in decline and so switched to other genres, such as kung fu and gangsters.[33] Notably, they produced some of that decade's blaxploitation films, like Blacula, and Foxy Brown. In a throwback to the old "studio days", the company is credited with making Pam Grier a household name, as the majority of her early '70s films were made under contract to American International.

In the mid- to late 1970s, AIP began to produce more mainstream films, such as Bunny O'Hare, Cooley High, The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday, The Amityville Horror, Love at First Bite, Meteor, Force 10 from Navarone, Shout at the Devil, The Island of Dr. Moreau and C.H.O.M.P.S.[34] The increased spending on these projects, though they did make some money, contributed to the company's downfall. In the meantime, the studio imported and released its final foreign film, an Australian film, Mad Max, dubbed into American English.

James Nicholson's first wife Sylvia was still a major shareholder of the company. She sued AIP for mismanagement, but this was resolved in 1978 when AIP bought out her shares.[35]

Merger with Filmways

By the late 1970s, costs of making movies continued to rise, AIP's tactic of moving into bigger budgeted quality pictures was not paying off at the box office, and Arkoff began to think of merging the company. "We've been the Woolworths of the movie business but Woolworths is being out priced", said Arkoff.[36] Talks began with Filmways, Incorporated. Negotiations stalled for a while,[37] but resumed a number of months later.[38] In 1979, AIP was sold to Filmways for $30 million and became a subsidiary production unit thereof, renamed Filmways Pictures in 1980.[39][40]

Arkoff was unhappy with the direction of the company and resigned to set up his own production company, receiving a pay out worth $1.4 million.[41][42]

AIP-TV was absorbed as the wholly owned program syndication arm of Filmways Television. Filmways was later bought by Orion Pictures Company in 1982 and Filmways was later renamed Orion Pictures Corporation, but retained the distribution arm. This allowed Orion to establish its own distribution after utilizing Warner Bros. for distribution, which still has distribution rights to Orion films Warner Bros. distributed. Today, a majority of the AIP library is owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's subsidiary Orion Pictures Corporation. The American International name is still a registered trademark owned by MGM's Orion Pictures unit.[43][44]

List of American International Pictures films

1950s
Release date Title Genre Director
as American Releasing Corporation
1955Operation MalayaDocumentaryDavid MacDonald
February 15, 1955The Fast and the FuriousCrimeJohn Ireland
April 15, 1955Five Guns WestWesternRoger Corman
May 15, 1955Outlaw TreasureWesternOliver Drake
June 15, 1955The Beast with a Million EyesSci-fiDavid Kramarsky
Lou Place
Uncredited:
Roger Corman
September 15, 1955Apache WomanWesternRoger Corman
December 1955Day the World EndedSci-fiRoger Corman
December 1955The Phantom from 10,000 LeaguesSci-fiDan Milner
June 15, 1956The Oklahoma WomanWesternRoger Corman
June 15, 1956Female JungleCrimeBruno VeSota
June 1956GunslingerWesternRoger Corman
as American International Pictures
July 15, 1956It Conquered the WorldSci-fiRoger Corman
July 1956Girls in PrisonCrimeEdward L. Cahn
July 1956Hot Rod GirlActionLew Landers
August 1956The She-CreatureHorrorEdward L. Cahn
September 25, 1956Flesh and the SpurWesternEdward L. Cahn
November 1956Runaway DaughtersCrimeEdward L. Cahn
November 1956Shake, Rattle & Rock!MusicalEdward L. Cahn
1957The Astounding She-MonsterSci-fi horrorRonald V. Ashcroft
January 1957Naked ParadiseCrimeRoger Corman
March 1, 1957Voodoo WomanHorrorEdward L. Cahn
April 24, 1957Dragstrip GirlActionEdward L. Cahn
April 1957Rock All NightCrimeRoger Corman
March 1957The UndeadHorrorRoger Corman
June 19, 1957I Was a Teenage WerewolfHorrorGene Fowler Jr.
June 19, 1957Invasion of the Saucer MenSci-fiEdward L. Cahn
August 1957Naked AfricaDocumentaryRay Phoenix
August 1957Reform School GirlCrimeEdward Bernds
August 1957Rock Around the WorldMusicalGerard Bryant
August 1957The White HuntressAdventureGeorge P. Breakston
September 1957Cat GirlHorrorAlfred Shaughnessy
October 22, 1957Motorcycle GangOutlaw bikerEdward L. Cahn
October 25, 1957The Amazing Colossal ManSci-fiBert I. Gordon
October 1957Sorority GirlDramaRoger Corman
November 23, 1957I Was a Teenage FrankensteinHorrorHerbert L. Strock
November 23, 1957Blood of DraculaHorrorHerbert L. Strock
December 1957The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea SerpentAdventureRoger Corman
January 1958The Screaming SkullHorrorAlex Nicol
January 1958Terror from the Year 5000Sci-fiRobert J. Gurney Jr.
February 1958Jet AttackWarEdward L. Cahn
February 1958Suicide BattalionWarEdward L. Cahn
March 1958The Cool and the CrazyDramaWilliam Witney
March 1958Daddy-OCrimeLou Place
March 1958Dragstrip RiotDramaDavid Bradley
April 1958Attack of the Puppet PeopleSci-fiBert I. Gordon
May 28, 1958The Bonnie Parker StoryCrimeWilliam Witney
May 1958Machine-Gun KellyActionRoger Corman
June 1958High School HellcatsCrimeEdward Bernds
June 1958Hot Rod GangDramaLew Landers
July 1, 1958How to Make a MonsterHorrorHerbert L. Strock
July 1, 1958Teenage CavemanSci-fiRoger Corman
July 30, 1958War of the Colossal BeastSci-fiBert I. Gordon
July 1958Hell SquadWarBurt Topper
July 1958Tank BattalionWarSherman A. Rose
August 1958Night of the Blood BeastSci-fi horrorBernard L. Kowalski
August 1958She Gods of Shark ReefAdventureRoger Corman
September 1958The Brain EatersSci-fi horrorBruno VeSota
September 1958Earth vs. the SpiderSci-fiBert I. Gordon
December 1958Submarine SeahawkWarSpencer Gordon Bennet
February 1959Paratroop CommandWarWilliam Witney
March 1959Operation DamesWarLouis Clyde Stoumen
March 1959RoadracersActionArthur Swerdloff
March 1959Tank CommandosWarBurt Topper
April 29, 1959The Headless GhostHorrorPeter Graham Scott
April 29, 1959Horrors of the Black MuseumHorrorArthur Crabtree
July 1959Diary of a High School BrideRomanceBurt Topper
July 1959Ghost of Dragstrip HollowHorrorWilliam J. Hole Jr.
September 23, 1959Sheba and the GladiatorSword-and-sandalGuido Brignone
October 21, 1959A Bucket of BloodHorrorRoger Corman
October 1959Attack of the Giant LeechesSci-fi horrorBernard L. Kowalski
November 23, 1959The Angry Red PlanetSci-fiSidney W. Pink
November 1959Goliath and the BarbariansSword-and-sandalCarlo Campogalliani

1960s
Release date Title Genre Director
June 22, 1960House of UsherHorrorRoger Corman
June 1960The JailbreakersCrimeAlexander Grasshoff
June 1960Why Must I Die?CrimeRoy Del Ruth
July 1960The Amazing Transparent ManSci-fiEdgar G. Ulmer
July 1960Beyond the Time BarrierSci-fiEdgar G. Ulmer
August 31, 1960Circus of HorrorsHorrorSidney Hayers
October 1960The Indian TombAdventureFritz Lang
October 1960The Tiger of EschnapurAdventureFritz Lang
November 1960Goliath and the DragonSword-and-sandalVittorio Cottafavi
February 15, 1961Black SundayHorrorMario Bava
March 22, 1961The HandCrimeHenry Cass
March 22, 1961KongaHorrorJohn Lemont
April 1961Beware of ChildrenComedyGerald Thomas
May 1961Master of the WorldSci-fiWilliam Witney
July 14, 1961Alakazam the GreatAnimeTaiji Yabushita
Daisaku Shirakawa
August 12, 1961The Pit and the PendulumHorrorRoger Corman
December 6, 1961Portrait of a SinnerDramaRobert Siodmak
December 12, 1961The Continental TwistMusicalWilliam J. Hole
December 13, 1961Assignment Outer SpaceSci-fiAntonio Margheriti
December 13, 1961The Phantom PlanetSci-fiWilliam Marshall
December 28, 1961Flight of the Lost BalloonSci-fi adventureNathan Juran
December 1961Guns of the Black WitchAdventureDomenico Paolella
1962Battle Beyond the SunSci-fiMikhail Karyukov
Aleksandr Kozyr
1962A House of SandDramaRobert Darwin
1962Duel of FireAdventureUmberto Lenzi
March 7, 1962The Premature BurialHorrorRoger Corman
March 10, 1962Journey to the Seventh PlanetSci-fiSidney W. Pink
April 25, 1962Burn, Witch, BurnHorrorSidney Hayers
May 20, 1962Invasion of the Star CreaturesSci-fi comedyBruno VeSota
June 1962The Prisoner of the Iron MaskAdventureFrancesco De Feo
July 4, 1962Tales of TerrorHorrorRoger Corman
July 5, 1962Panic in Year Zero!Nuclear war thrillerRay Milland
August 10, 1962The Brain That Wouldn't DieSci-fiJoseph Green
August 1962Marco PoloAdventurePiero Pierotti
September 1962White Slave ShipAdventureSilvio Amadio
November 18, 1962A Story of DavidBiblicalBob McNaught
December 1962Samson and the Seven Miracles of the WorldSword-and-sandalRiccardo Freda
December 1962Warriors Five!WarLeopoldo Savona
January 20, 1963ReptilicusSci-fi horrorSidney W. Pink
January 25, 1963The RavenHorrorRoger Corman
March 3, 1963CaliforniaWesternHamil Petroff
March 26, 1963Operation BikiniWarAnthony Carras
April 24, 1963Free, White and 21DramaLarry Buchanan
May 1, 1963The Mind BendersSpyBasil Dearden
June 6, 1963Night TideHorrorCurtis Harrington
June 12, 1963Erik the ConquerorAdventureMario Bava
June 17, 1963The TerrorHorrorRoger Corman
August 7, 1963Beach PartyBeach partyWilliam Asher
August 28, 1963The Haunted PalaceHorrorRoger Corman
September 18, 1963X: The Man with the X-ray EyesHorrorRoger Corman
September 25, 1963Dementia 13HorrorFrancis Coppola
December 18, 1963Samson and the Slave QueenSword-and-sandalUmberto Lenzi
December 25, 1963Goliath and the Sins of BabylonSword-and-sandalMichele Lupo
1964Hercules and the Tyrants of BabylonSword-and-sandalDomenico Paolella
January 22, 1964The Comedy of TerrorsComedy horrorJacques Tourneur
January 22, 1964Pyro... The Thing Without a FaceHorrorJulio Coll
March 8, 1964The Last Man on EarthHorrorUbaldo Ragona
Sidney Salkow
March 12, 1964Summer HolidayBeach partyPeter Yates
March 25, 1964Muscle Beach PartyBeach partyWilliam Asher
March 1964Under AgeDramaLarry Buchanan
April 1, 1964CommandoWarFrank Wisbar
April 1, 1964Torpedo BayWarCharles Frend
Bruno Vailati
April 1964Unearthly StrangerSci-fiJohn Krish
May 6, 1964Black SabbathGialloMario Bava
May 20, 1964The Evil EyeGialloMario Bava
June 24, 1964The Masque of the Red DeathHorrorRoger Corman
June 1964Some PeopleMusicalClive Donner
July 2, 1964Swingers' ParadiseMusicalSidney J. Furie
July 22, 1964Bikini BeachBeach partyWilliam Asher
September 17, 1964Godzilla vs. the ThingSci-fiIshirō Honda
September 1964Diary of a BachelorComedySandy Howard
October 29, 1964The Time TravelersSci-fiIb Melchior
November 11, 1964Pajama PartyBeach partyDon Weis
November 25, 1964Navajo RunWesternJohnny Seven
November 25, 1964Voyage to the End of the UniverseSci-fiJindřich Polák
December 29, 1964T.A.M.I. ShowConcert documentarySteve Binder
1965The Eye CreaturesSci-fiLarry Buchanan
January 20, 1965The Tomb of LigeiaHorrorRoger Corman
January 27, 1965Operation SnafuWar comedyCyril Frankel
March 3, 1965The Lost World of SinbadAdventureSenkichi Taniguchi
March 11, 1965AtragonJ-HorrorIshirō Honda
March 1965Rome Against RomeSword-and-sandalGiuseppe Vari
April 14, 1965Beach Blanket BingoBeach partyWilliam Asher
April 20, 1965The PawnbrokerDramaSidney Lumet
April 28, 1965The Fool KillerAdventure dramaServando González
April 1965Taboos of the WorldShockumentaryRomolo Marcellini
May 19, 1965Go Go ManiaMusicalFrederic Goode
May 26, 1965War-Gods of the DeepHorrorJacques Tourneur
June 30, 1965Ski PartyBeach partyAlan Rafkin
July 8, 1966Frankenstein Conquers the WorldSci-fiIshirō Honda
July 14, 1965How to Stuff a Wild BikiniBeach partyWilliam Asher
August 1, 1965Voyage to the Prehistoric PlanetSci-fiCurtis Harrington
August 18, 1965Sergeant DeadheadComedyNorman Taurog
October 27, 1965Die, Monster, Die!HorrorDaniel Haller
October 27, 1965Planet of the VampiresSci-fiMario Bava
November 6, 1965Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini MachineComedyNorman Taurog
November 30, 1965King & CountryDramaJoseph Losey
1966Zontar, the Thing from VenusSci-fiLarry Buchanan
1966Curse of the Swamp CreatureSci-fiLarry Buchanan
January 12, 1966Secret Agent FireballEurospyLuciano Martino
January 1966Conquered CityWarJoseph Anthony
January 1966Spy in Your EyeEurospyVittorio Sala
March 1966Queen of BloodSci-fiCurtis Harrington
March 2, 1966Blood BathHorrorJack Hill
April 12, 1966The Girl-GettersDramaMichael Winner
April 13, 1966The Dirty GameEurospy anthologyChristian-Jaque
Werner Klingler
Carlo Lizzani
Terence Young
April 1966Man from CocodyActionChristian-Jaque
April 1966What's Up, Tiger Lily?Spy comedy filmWoody Allen
Senkichi Taniguchi
April 1966The Ghost in the Invisible BikiniBeach partyDon Weis
May 1966The Great Spy ChaseEurospyGeorges Lautner
June 7, 1966Fireball 500Car racing filmWilliam Asher
July 1966Tarzan and the Valley of GoldAdventureRobert Day
July 20, 1966The Wild AngelsOutlaw bikerRoger Corman
November 9, 1966Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl BombsEurospy comedyMario Bava
November 1966Door to Door ManiacCrimeBill Karn
December 28, 1966Trunk to CairoSpyMenahem Golan
1967Mars Needs WomenSci-fiLarry Buchanan
1967In the Year 2889Sci-fiLarry Buchanan
1967Creature of DestructionSci-fiLarry Buchanan
January 18, 1967War Italian StyleWar comedyLuigi Scattini
March 18, 1967Riot on Sunset StripDramaArthur Dreifuss
March 22, 1967Thunder AlleyCar racing filmRichard Rush
April 1967Devil's AngelsOutlaw biker filmDaniel Haller
May 17, 1967The Million Eyes of SumuruActionLindsay Shonteff
August 23, 1967The TripDramaRoger Corman
November 22, 1967The Glory StompersOutlaw bikerAnthony M. Lanza
1968Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric WomenSci-fiPeter Bogdanovich
January 18, 1968The Born LosersOutlaw bikerT. C. Frank
January 24, 1968MaryjaneDramaMaury Dexter
January 24, 1968The Wild RacersRacing car filmDaniel Haller
March 28, 1968The Road HustlersActionLarry E. Jackson
May 1968The Mini-Skirt MobOutlaw bikerMaury Dexter
May 1968The Savage SevenOutlaw bikerRichard Rush
May 15, 1968Witchfinder GeneralHorrorMichael Reeves
May 29, 1968Wild in the StreetsComedy-dramaBarry Shear
September 22, 1968Psych-OutDramaRichard Rush
October 1968The Young AnimalsDramaMaury Dexter
November 1968Killers ThreeCrimeBruce Kessler
December 20, 1968Three in the AtticComedy-dramaRichard Wilson
1969'It's Alive!'HorrorLarry Buchanan
March 18, 1969The Wonderful World of Puss 'n BootsAnimeKimio Yabuki
April 16, 1969Hell's BellesOutlaw bikerMaury Dexter
May 1969God Forgives... I Don't!Spaghetti WesternGiuseppe Colizzi
May 23, 1969Destroy All MonstersSci-fiIshirō Honda
June 11, 1969The Oblong BoxHorrorGordon Hessler
July 23, 1969Spirits of the DeadAnthology horrorRoger Vadim
Louis Malle
Federico Fellini
August 19, 1969Angel, Angel, Down We GoCrimeRobert Thom
August 27, 1969De SadeDramaCy Endfield
Uncredited:
Roger Corman
Gordon Hessler
September 8, 1969The Honeymoon KillersCrimeLeonard Kastle
September 10, 1969Hell's Angels '69Outlaw bikerLee Madden
Conny Van Dyke

1970s
Release date Title Genre Director
1970Strawberries Need RainFantasyLarry Buchanan
1970Pacific VibrationsDocumentaryJohn Severson
January 1970The Savage WildDocumentaryGordon Eastman
January 1970Scream and Scream AgainSci-fi thrillerGordon Hessler
January 14, 1970The Dunwich HorrorHorrorDaniel Haller
March 24, 1970Bloody MamaDramaRoger Corman
April 15, 1970The Haunted House of HorrorSlasherMichael Armstrong
May 8, 1970LolaRomantic comedy-dramaRichard Donner
June 1970A Bullet for Pretty BoyActionLarry Buchanan
June 10, 1970Count Yorga, VampireHorrorBob Kelljan
July 29, 1970Cry of the BansheeHorrorGordon Hessler
September 2, 1970Angel UnchainedOutlaw bikerLee Madden
September 9, 1970Venus in FursErotic thrillerJesús Franco
October 22, 1970The Vampire LoversHorrorRoy Ward Baker
February 17, 1971Gas-s-s-sSci-fi comedy-dramaRoger Corman
February 18, 1971Wuthering HeightsRomanceRobert Fuest
March 17, 1971Blood and LaceHorrorPhilip S. Gilbert
April 22, 1971The Hard RideOutlaw bikerBurt Topper
April 28, 1971The Incredible 2-Headed TransplantSci-fi horrorAnthony Lanza
May 18, 1971The Abominable Dr. PhibesComedy horrorRobert Fuest
August 20, 1971Swedish Fly GirlsDramaJack O'Connell
September 29, 1971Chrome and Hot LeatherOutlaw bikerLee Frost
October 6, 1971Murders in the Rue MorgueHorrorGordon Hessler
October 13, 1971A Lizard in a Woman's SkinGialloLucio Fulci
October 18, 1971Bunny O'HareComedyGerd Oswald
October 27, 1971Some of My Best Friends Are...DramaMervyn Nelson
October 19711000 Convicts and a WomanDramaRay Austin
December 22, 1971KidnappedAdventureDelbert Mann
January 19, 1972TogetherMockumentarySean S. Cunningham
February 2, 1972The Return of Count YorgaHorrorBob Kelljan
February 1972Godzilla vs. the Smog MonsterSci-fiYoshimitsu Banno
March 10, 1972FrogsHorrorGeorge McCowan
March 15, 1972Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?HorrorCurtis Harrington
April 1972Dr. Jekyll and Sister HydeSci-fi horrorRoy Ward Baker
May 17, 1972Blood from the Mummy's TombHorrorSeth Holt
May 1972Pickup on 101DramaJohn Florea
Wild in the SkyAction comedyWilliam T. Naud
The Bloody JudgeHorrorJesús Franco
June 14, 1972Boxcar BerthaCrimeMartin Scorsese
July 19, 1972The Thing with Two HeadsSci-fiLee Frost
July 21, 1972F.T.A.DocumentaryFrancine Parker
July 1972Dr. Phibes Rises AgainHorrorRobert Fuest
August 16, 1972SlaughterBlaxploitationJack Starrett
August 25, 1972BlaculaBlaxploitationWilliam Crain
August 1972DeathmasterHorrorRay Danton
The Sandpit GeneralsDramaHall Bartlett
September 1972Tam-LinHorrorRoddy McDowall
October 10, 1972Baron BloodHorrorMario Bava
November 1972The Dirt GangAction dramaJerry Jameson
November 10, 1972Unholy RollersAction comedyVernon Zimmerman
November 22, 1972Prison GirlsCrimeThomas De Simone
January 19, 1973Black Mama White MamaWomen in prisonEddie Romero
January 1973MansonDocumentaryRobert Hendrickson and Laurence Merrick
February 7, 1973Black CaesarBlaxploitationLarry Cohen
March 27, 1973SistersHorrorBrian De Palma
April 1973Cannibal GirlsComedy horrorIvan Reitman
May 4, 1973Deep ThrustActionHuang Feng
June 13, 1973CoffyBlaxploitationJack Hill
June 27, 1973Scream, Blacula, ScreamBlaxploitationBob Kelljan
June 1973Little CigarsCrime comedyChris Christenberry
July 20, 1973DillingerCrimeJohn Milius
August 8, 1973Heavy TrafficAnimated comedy-dramaRalph Bakshi
August 31, 1973Slaughter's Big Rip-OffBlaxploitationGordon Douglas
September 1973Death LineHorrorGary Sherman
October 31, 1973The Italian ConnectionActionFernando di Leo
October 1973The Screaming TigerActionLung Chien
November 21, 1973Battle of the AmazonsSword-and-sandalAlfonso Brescia
December 1973Hell Up in HarlemBlaxploitationLarry Cohen
January 30, 1974The Bat PeopleHorrorJerry Jameson
February 13, 1974Bamboo Gods and Iron MenBlaxploitation comedyCesar Gallardo
February 1974Secret Life of a Schoolgirl WifeComedy-dramaLeon Capetanos
March 6, 1974DerangedHorrorAlan Ormsby
March 20, 1974Sugar HillBlaxploitation horrorPaul Maslansky
April 5, 1974Foxy BrownBlaxploitationJack Hill
May 15, 1974Truck Stop WomenActionMark L. Lester
May 22, 1974MadhouseHorrorJim Clark
June 5, 1974Thriller: A Cruel PictureRape and revengeAlex Fridolinski
Dirty O'NeilCrime thrillerLeon Capetanos
Lewis Teague
June 26, 1974The Nine Lives of Fritz the CatAnimated comedyRobert Taylor
Truck TurnerBlaxploitationJonathan Kaplan
July 17, 1974Golden NeedlesActionRobert Clouse
July 1974Savage SistersWomen in prisonEddie Romero
August 8, 1974Macon County LineActionRichard Compton
August 18, 1974Act of VengeanceHorrorBob Kelljan
October 1974HangupActionHenry Hathaway
November 22, 1974Sunday in the CountryCrime thrillerJohn Trent
December 25, 1974AbbyBlaxploitation horrorWilliam Girdler
1975VampiraComedy horrorClive Donner
February 1975Super Stooges vs. the Wonder WomenSuperhero comedyAlfonso Brescia
March 26, 1975Sheba, BabyBlaxploitationWilliam Girdler
March 1975House of WhipcordHorrorPete Walker
War GoddessAdventureTerence Young
The Wild PartyComedy-dramaJames Ivory
April 25, 1975The Reincarnation of Peter ProudMystery horrorJ. Lee Thompson
May 21, 1975Cornbread, Earl and MeDramaJoseph Manduke
The Wild McCullochsDramaMax Baer Jr.
May 1975What Have You Done to Solange?GialloMassimo Dallamano
June 11, 1975Murph the SurfBiographical crime comedyMarvin J. Chomsky
June 25, 1975Cooley HighComedy-dramaMichael Schultz
July 2, 1975BucktownBlaxploitationArthur Marks
July 31, 1975HennessyThrillerDon Sharp
August 13, 1975The Land That Time ForgotAdventure fantasyKevin Connor
September 3, 1975Return to Macon CountyDramaRichard Compton
September 28, 1975Walking Tall Part 2CrimeEarl Bellamy
December 17, 1975Sixpack AnnieAction comedyGraydon F. David
December 25, 1975Friday FosterBlaxploitationArthur Marks
January 14, 1976Killer ForceThrillerVal Guest
March 1976Bobbie Jo and the OutlawCrime dramaMark L. Lester
One Summer LoveRomantic dramaGilbert Cates
April 21, 1976Crime and PassionCrimeIvan Passer
May 1976AnnieDramaMassimo Dallamano
June 18, 1976The Food of the GodsSci-fi thrillerBert I. Gordon
June 23, 1976The Great Scout & Cathouse ThursdayComedyDon Taylor
I Don't Want to Be BornHorrorPeter Sasdy
July 9, 1976A Small Town in TexasCrimeJack Starrett
July 30, 1976SquirmHorrorJeff Lieberman
July 1976At the Earth's CoreSci-fi fantasyKevin Connor
Special DeliveryCrime comedyPaul Wendkos
August 13, 1976FutureworldSci-fi thrillerRichard T. Heffron
August 25, 1976J.D.'s RevengeBlaxploitationArthur Marks
September 17, 1976Street PeopleActionMaurizio Lucidi
October 7, 1976A Matter of TimeMusicalVincente Minnelli
October 8, 1976ScorchyCrimeHoward Avedis
November 24, 1976Shout at the DevilWarPeter R. Hunt
December 24, 1976The Monkey HustleBlaxploitationArthur Marks
The Town That Dreaded SundownHorrorCharles B. Pierce
December 1976Escape from AngolaAdventureLeslie H. Martinson
January 23, 1977The Day That Shook the WorldHistorical dramaVeljko Bulajić
February 2, 1977ChatterboxSex comedyTom DeSimone
February 11, 1977Strange Shadows in an Empty RoomCrimeAlberto De Martino
March 4, 1977Death WeekendHorrorWilliam Fruet
April 1, 1977Breaker! Breaker!ActionDon Hulette
June 15, 1977TentaclesHorrorOvidio G. Assonitis
June 29, 1977Empire of the AntsSci-fi horrorBert I. Gordon
July 6, 1977The People That Time ForgotAdventure fantasyKevin Connor
July 13, 1977The Island of Dr. MoreauSci-fi fantasy horrorDon Taylor
August 10, 1977The Little Girl Who Lives Down the LaneMystery thrillerNicolas Gessner
August 17, 1977JoyrideAdventure crime comedyJoseph Ruben
August 31, 1977Walking Tall: Final ChapterCrimeJack Starrett
October 14, 1977Rolling ThunderNeo-noirJohn Flynn
December 28, 1977GrayeagleWestern adventureCharles B. Pierce
December 1977The Incredible Melting ManSci-fi horrorWilliam Sachs
The Private Files of J. Edgar HooverBiographical dramaLarry Cohen
February 1978Record CityComedyDennis Steinmetz
March 1978Last Cannibal WorldHorrorRuggero Deodato
April 19, 1978Holocaust 2000HorrorAlberto De Martino
May 13, 1978JenniferHorrorBrice Mack
May 24, 1978YoungbloodActionNoel Nosseck
May 26, 1978Here Come the TigersSports comedySean S. Cunningham
High-Ballin'Action comedyPeter Carter
May 1978Our Winning SeasonDramaJoseph Ruben
June 6, 1978Cracking UpComedyRowby Goren
Chuck Staley
June 22, 1978MatildaComedyDaniel Mann
June 1978Who Can Kill a Child?Spanish horrorNarciso Ibáñez Serrador
July 14, 1978Mean Dog BluesDramaMel Stuart
October 5, 1978The NorsemenAdventureCharles B. Pierce
December 8, 1978Force 10 from NavaroneWarGuy Hamilton
April 18, 1979The EvictorsCrime horrorCharles B. Pierce
April 27, 1979Love at First BiteComedy horrorStan Dragoti
June 1, 1979SunnysideActionTimothy Galfas
July 27, 1979The Amityville HorrorHorrorStuart Rosenberg
September 14, 1979California DreamingComedy-dramaJohn D. Hancock
September 1979SevenAction crimeAndy Sidaris
October 5, 1979Something Short of ParadiseRomantic comedyDavid Helpern
October 19, 1979MeteorDisasterRonald Neame
November 1979Jaguar Lives!ActionErnest Pintoff
December 21, 1979C.H.O.M.P.S.Sci-fi comedyDon Chaffey

1980s
Release date Title Genre Director Notes
February 15, 1980Mad MaxActionGeorge MillerAustralian sci-fi dystopian film dubbed in American English
March 14, 1980DefianceActionJohn Flynn
March 14, 1980The VisitorSci-fi horrorMichael J. ParadiseInitially planned for AIP release, but sold off to independent distributor The International Picture Show
March 28, 1980Nothing PersonalRomantic comedyGeorge Bloomfield
May 1, 1980GorpSex comedyJoseph Ruben
July 11, 1980How to Beat the High Cost of LivingCrime comedyRobert Scheerer

Unproduced films

The following films were announced for production by AIP, but never made:

  • an adaptation of H. Rider Haggard's She (1958, dir. Roger Corman)[45]|* Even and the Dragon (1958, dir. Stanley Shpetner)[46]|* Take Me to Your Leader (1958) – a part-animated feature[47]|* Aladdin and the Giant (1959) – produced by Herman Cohen[48]|* In the Year 2889 (1959) – from the novel by Jules Verne[49]
  • The Talking Dog (1959) – a comedy[49]
  • When the Sleeper Wakes from the novel by H. G. Wells (1960–62)[50] – Vincent Price was announced as a star in 1965[51]|* a color remake of Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1961)[52]|* Genghis Khan (1960s, dir. Jacques Tourneur) – a Roadshow production with a $4.5 million budget[53]|* The Great Deluge – story of Noah's Ark[54]|* War of the Planets (1962) – a $2 million sci-fi epic starring Vincent Price and Boris Karloff based on a script by Harlan Ellison[55]|* Off on a Comet (1962) – a filming of Jules Verne's novel advertised in comic books[56]|* Stratofin (1962) based on Jules Verne's Master of the World[57]
  • It's Alive (1963) with Peter Lorre, Harvey Lembeck and Elsa Lanchester[58]
  • Something in the Walls (1963)[59]
  • The Magnificent Leonardi (1963) – with Ray Milland[59]
  • Sins of Babylon (1963)[59]
  • Rumble (1963) with Avalon and Funicello from a book by Harlan Ellison about New York gangs[58]
  • The Graveside Story (1964) – with Price, Karloff, Lorre and Elsa Lanchester[60]
  • The Gold Bug (1964) with Price, Lorre and Lanchester[60]
  • The Chase (circa 1965) – a silent comedy starring Buster Keaton[61]
  • Malibu Madness (1965)[51]
  • The Haunted Palace (1965)[51]
  • Seven Footprints to Satan (1965)[51]
  • The Jet Set or Jet Set Party (1964, dir. William Asher) – with Avalon and Funicello[62]
  • Malibu Madness (1965)[63]|* Robin Hood Jones (1966, dir. William Asher) – a musical about Robin Hood starring Price, Avalon, Funicello and Susan Hart[64]
  • Cruise Party (1966) – with Avalon and Dwayne Hickman[64][65]
  • The Girl in the Glass Bikini (1966, dir. William Asher) – a sci-fi/comedy with Avalon, Funicello and Aron Kincaid[66]
  • The Girl in the Glass Castle (1966) – a musical comedy with a $1 million budget[67]
  • The Hatfields and the McCoys (1966) – a musical with Avalon and Funicello[68]
  • It (1967) – based on Richard Matheson's story "Being"[67]
  • The Golem (1967)[67]

Financial earnings
  • 1970 – $22.7 million[69]|*1971 – $21.4 million[70]
  • 1972 – $24 million
  • 1973 – $24.5 million[71] – profit $744,000[72]
  • 1974 – $32.5 million – profit of $931,400[33]
  • 1975 – $48.2 million[73]|*1978 – $51.2 million – profit $1.8 million[74]

Notes
  1. Johnson, John Cheap Tricks and Class Acts, 1996, McFarland, p.265
  2. "Artist Interviews » Les Baxter". www.artistinterviews.eu. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  3. Scheuer, Philip K. (September 17, 1958). "Shocker Pioneers Tell How to Make Monsters: Want to Make a Monster? Experts Tell How It's Done". Los Angeles Times. p. E1.
  4. Samuel Z Arkoff Biography, Fancast, archived from the original on 2011-07-23.
  5. Doherty, Thomas (1988), Teenagers and Teenpics, Unwin-Hyman.
  6. Booker, M. Keith. Historical dictionary of American cinema. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 22. ISBN 0-8108-7192-0.
  7. Albert Kallis – bio, Learn about movie posters, archived from the original on 2008-03-21.
  8. Bean, Robin and Austen, David U.S.A. Confidential p. 215 Films and Filming November 1968 quoted in p. 157 Doherty, Thomas Teenagers and Teenpics Unwin-Hyman 1988
  9. Scheuer, Philip K. (September 21, 1958). "Shocker Pioneers Tell How to Make Monsters: Want to Make a Monster? Experts Tell How It's Done". Los Angeles Times. p. E1.
  10. Gordon, Alex (May 1983). "The Pit and the Pen". Fangoria. No. 27. pp. 34–37.
  11. Corman, Roger and Jerome, Jim (1998). "How I Made Over a Hundred Movies in Hollywood and Never Lost a Dime". DaCapo Press.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. Alpert, Don (July 15, 1962). "Who Needs High Salaried Stars? Horrors! Film Makers Find Audiences Prefer Action". Los Angeles Times. p. A8.
  13. "AIP Reveals Its 1968 Film Program". Los Angeles Times. Jan 13, 1968. p. b7.
  14. VINCENT CANBY (Mar 2, 1969). "Bye, Bye, Beach Bunnies: Bye, Bye, Beach Bunnies". New York Times. p. D1.
  15. Italian International Film on IMDb
  16. p. 96 + p. 214 Arkoff, Sam and Trubo, Richard Flying Through Hollywood by the Seat of My Pants 1990 Carol Publishing
  17. "International Secret Police". tokyo street report. 2009-04-16. Archived from the original on 2010-07-04. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
  18. "American-International Television (AIP-TV) – IMDbPro". imdb.com. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  19. Heffernan, Kevin Ghouls Gimmicks and Gold: Horror Films and the American Movie Business, 2004, Duke University Press, p.167
  20. Nielsen Business Media, Inc (1959-06-08). Billboard – Internet Archive. p. 9. Retrieved 2010-08-02. american international records.
  21. "American International Records – CDs and Vinyl at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
  22. "Together/AIR Album Discography". Bsnpubs.com. 2000-04-12. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
  23. "American International Pictures". The Wall Street Journal. 3 June 1969. p. 29.
  24. "American International Pictures". The Wall Street Journal. 10 July 1969. p. 27.
  25. "American International Pictures Enters Film Accord". The Wall Street Journal. Apr 10, 1970. p. 22.
  26. Warga, Wayne (Jan 28, 1971). "30 FEATURES SET: AIP ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR BUSIEST FILM YEAR". Los Angeles Times. p. g11.
  27. "X-Rated Movies: On the Downswing?". The Washington Post, Times Herald. Mar 31, 1971. p. B4.
  28. "Nicholson to Quit American International Pictures Post". The Wall Street Journal. January 17, 1972. p. 18.
  29. "Nicholson Plans Own Film Firm". Los Angeles Times. 22 January 1972. p. b6.
  30. "California Film Maker Buys Own Stock From Ex-Officer". The Wall Street Journal. 19 September 1972. p. 43.
  31. "J.H. Nicholson, Film Maker, Dies of Cancer". Los Angeles Times. December 11, 1972. p. 26.
  32. Taylor, Clarke (Oct 8, 1978). "LARRY GORDON ROLLS HIS DICE". Los Angeles Times. p. n35.
  33. "The dime-store way to make movies-and money by Aljean Harmetz". New York Times. Aug 4, 1974. p. 202.
  34. "Policy Shift Set by American International Pictures Inc". The Wall Street Journal. May 25, 1972. p. 7.
  35. "American International Pictures Buys Shares From Sylvia Nicholson". The Wall Street Journal. Apr 19, 1978. p. 36.
  36. "Filmways Inc. Signs Accord in Principle For Movie Maker". The Wall Street Journal. Oct 10, 1978. p. 48.
  37. "American International Pictures, Filmways Inc. Terminates Merger Plan". The Wall Street Journal. Dec 11, 1978. p. 20.
  38. Jones, John A. (Feb 12, 1979). "May Revive Merger Talks With Filmways, AIP Says". Los Angeles Times. p. d12.
  39. "Filmways Says Assets Were Overstated For American International Pictures Inc". The Wall Street Journal. Dec 3, 1979. p. 8.
  40. "AIP BITES DUST AS FILMWAYS RENAMES STUDIO". Los Angeles Times. Mar 13, 1980. p. f3.
  41. "President of Filmways' American International Pictures Resigns Post". The Wall Street Journal. Dec 6, 1979. p. 30.
  42. "Filmways Inc. Pays Ex-Aide $1.4 Million". The Wall Street Journal. 8 July 1980. p. 8.
  43. http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=doc&state=4010:i6p96l.3.5
  44. Welles, Chris (May 15, 1983). "How Accountants Helped Orion Pictures Launch Its Financial Comeback". Los Angeles Times. p. f1.
  45. "Smith p. 97".
  46. "Smith p. 98".
  47. "Smith p. 99".
  48. "Smith p. 114".
  49. Smith p. 118
  50. "Smith p 159".
  51. Smith p. 249
  52. "Smith p. 161".
  53. "Smith p. 188, 230".
  54. "Smith p. 188".
  55. "Smith p. 192".
  56. "First Kiss (January 1962), Charlton Comics".
  57. pp.219-220 Palmer, Randy Paul Blaisdell, Monster Maker: A Biography of the B Movie Makeup and Special Effects Artist McFarland, 1 Jan. 1997
  58. Scheuer, Philip K. (July 12, 1963). "Grand Guignol Set at Vine St. Cabaret: Huston 'Sells' Kipling Yarn; Sinatra, AIP Think Young". Los Angeles Times. p. D11.
  59. Smith p. 208
  60. Scheuer, Philip K. (Jan 2, 1964). "AIP Millions for Poe, Beach Parties: 'Flowers' Oscar Hopeful; Burton Buys, May Direct". Los Angeles Times. p. C11.
  61. "Hollywood To Make A Big Silent Film". The Times. London. 3 March 1965. p. 15 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  62. Dorothy Kilgallen (June 11, 1964). "Howard Hughes, Aide Part Company". The Washington Post. p. E22.
  63. "Smith p. 262".
  64. Smith p. 289
  65. "American Film Executive On Study Visit". South China Morning Post and Hongkong Telegraph. 15 Sep 1965. p. 7.
  66. "MOVIE CALL SHEET: Spiegel to Film 'Swimmer'". Los Angeles Times. 19 March 1965. p. D13.
  67. "American International Expanding Operations". Los Angeles Times. May 4, 1966. p. e13.
  68. Smith p. 315
  69. "American International Pictures' Profit Steady: Company Says Results for Third Fiscal Quarter Were About the Same as for Year-Ago Period". The Wall Street Journal. Oct 12, 1971. p. 37.
  70. "American International Pictures". The Wall Street Journal. May 9, 1973. p. 19.
  71. Getze, John (20 Feb 1974). "Horror or Horrid Films, AIP Quickies Score at Box Office: FILMS". Los Angeles Times. p. d10.(Turn on hit highlighting for speaking browsers)
  72. "Stockholder Meeting Briefs". The Wall Street Journal. 26 June 1973. p. 35.
  73. "American International Will Be 'Happy' if Net Matches Fiscal 1975's". The Wall Street Journal. Oct 27, 1975. p. 18.
  74. Bry, Barbara (Jan 5, 1979). "AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL EPIC: CHINESE BOOK U.S. FILM 'FUTUREWORLD'". Los Angeles Times. p. d16.
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References
  • Mark Thomas McGee, Faster and Furiouser: The Story of American International Pictures (McFarland & Company, 1995) ISBN 0-7864-0137-0.
  • Gary A. Smith, American International Pictures: The Golden Years, Bear Manor Media 2013
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