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Herbert John Yates (August 24, 1880 – February 3, 1966), a Hollywood mini-mogul, was the founder and President of Republic Pictures. With his contract, he had launched the film careers of such Western stars as Roy Rogers , Gene Autry , and John Wayne .
Herbert J. Yates. Created in 1935 by Herbert J. Yates, a longtime investor in film (having invested in 20th Century Pictures at its founding in 1933) [2] and owner of the film processing laboratory Consolidated Film Industries, Republic was initially founded upon Yates' acquisition of six smaller independent Poverty Row studios.
Monogram was established in 1931, and concentrated on low-budget releases. In 1935, it was merged into the conglomerate formed by Herbert Yates as Republic Pictures, but in 1937, it was re-established as an independent studio. In 1947, a separate subsidiary, Allied Artists, was established with the intention of releasing some higher-budget ...
However Republic Pictures head Herbert Yates and Wayne clashed. Wayne wanted to film the project in Mexico but Yates wanted to shoot it in Texas. Wayne was also unhappy that Yates wanted the actor to make the film for Republic, instead of making it for Wayne's company and distribute through Republic.
In 1935, under pressure from that company's owner, Herbert Yates, Mascot was merged by CFI with Monogram Pictures, Liberty Pictures, Chesterfield Pictures and Invincible Pictures to form Republic Pictures, a production-distribution company designed by Yates. Levine was designated head of the serial and B-Western arm of the company, and the ...
Majestic Pictures was an American film production and distribution company active during the 1930s. Under the control of Larry Darmour, the company specialized in low-budget productions and was one of the more stable Poverty Row outfits during the period.
Dr. Herbert Kleber, a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University and director of the New York State Psychiatric Institute’s Division on Substance Abuse, argues that the robust black market is a sign that the benefit of the medication outweighs the risk. “There is no medication without risk. People die every year from aspirin.
Yates' and Vera's relatives were pushed out of Republic and the film business in 1959, the same year Republic's board decided to switch emphasis from film production to distribution. [12] Yates died in 1966, leaving half of his estate ($8 million) to Ralston; [13] she suffered a nervous breakdown shortly thereafter. Eventually, she remarried a ...