| Cinerama Releasing Corporation | |
| Type: | Corporation |
| Industry: | Filmed entertainment |
| Services: | Theatrical films distribution |
| Parent: | Cinerama |
Cinerama Releasing Corporation (CRC) was a motion picture company established in 1967 that originally released films produced by its namesake parent company that was considered an "instant major".[1]
In 1963, the owner of the Pacific Coast Theater chain, William R. Foreman, purchased Cinerama, Inc. In 1966, CRC was set up to be an independent distributor of widescreen motion pictures produced by Cinerama, various foreign films and ABC Pictures, the film production unit of the American Broadcasting Company.[2] [3] CRC was only a distributor of films, without retaining copyright stake over each production. As an instant major by 1970, CRC reached a 10% market share. ABC Pictures ended operations in early 1973, thus CRC moved to primarily distributing non-financed films (acquisitions). By August 1974, CRC had released 125 acquired films at which time its productions and reissues were handled by American International Pictures. Cinerama, Inc., CRC's parent company, was liquidated in May 1978 with the Cinerama name ending up being owned by Pacific Coast Theater.[3]
| Release Date | Title | Production company(ies) | Format | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Custer of the West | Cinerama Productions Corp. presents, Security Pictures | Super Technirama 70 | ||
| A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die | Selmur Pictures[4] | Panavision | ||
| For Love of Ivy | ABC Pictures International | |||
| Charly | ||||
| Nobody Runs Forever (The High Commissioner) | Rank Organisation, Rodlor, Inc., Selmur Pictures[5] | |||
| Shalako | ||||
| The Killing of Sister George | ABC Pictures International | |||
| Candy | ||||
| Hell in the Pacific | Selmur Pictures[6] | Panavision | ||
| Follow Me | ||||
| Krakatoa, East of Java | Cinerama Releasing Corporation | Super Panavision 70 | ||
| Ring of Bright Water | ||||
| Midas Run | ABC Pictures International | |||
| How to Commit Marriage | Naho Productions | |||
| Take the Money and Run | ABC Pictures, Palomar Pictures Corporation | |||
| What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? | Palomar Pictures Corporation, The Associates & Aldrich Company | |||
| Change of Mind | Cinerama Productions Corp., Sagittarius Productions | |||
| They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | ABC Pictures International | |||
| Jenny | ||||
| The Honeymoon Killers | Roxanne | |||
| Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly | Brigitte, Fitzroy Films Ltd., Ronald J. Kahn Productions | |||
| The Last Grenade | Lockmore | |||
| Too Late the Hero | ABC Pictures International | |||
| Lovers and Other Strangers | ||||
| Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came | ||||
| How Do I Love Thee? | ||||
| Song of Norway | ||||
| Zachariah | ||||
| The Last Valley | Season Productions, ABC Pictures International | |||
| The House That Dripped Blood | ||||
| When Eight Bells Toll | Gershwin-Kastner Productions, Winkast Film Productions | |||
| The Grissom Gang | ABC Pictures International, The Associates & Aldrich Company | |||
| Willard | Bing Crosby Productions | |||
| My Old Man's Place | Philip A. Waxman Productions Inc. | |||
| The Touch | ABC Pictures International | |||
| Kotch | ||||
| The Trojan Women | Josef Shaftel Productions Inc. | |||
| Straw Dogs | ABC Pictures International | |||
| Le Boucher | Les Films de la Boétie, Euro International Film (EIA) | |||
| Payday | Fantasy Films, Fantasy Records, Pumice Finance Company | |||
| Irish Whiskey Rebellion | ||||
| Tales from the Crypt | Amicus Entertainment, Metromedia Producers Corporation[7] | |||
| Georgia, Georgia | Diotima Films and Jorkel Productions Inc. | Super 16 mm, blown up to 35mm film | ||
| Compañeros | ||||
| Hammersmith Is Out | J. Cornelius Crean Films Inc. | |||
| Ben | Bing Crosby Productions | |||
| The Happiness Cage | International Film Ventures, Laterna Film | |||
| Junior Bonner | ||||
| Bluebeard | Gloria Film, Barnabé Productions, Geiselgasteig Film | |||
| Necromancy | Compass/Zenith International | |||
| Black Girl | ||||
| Asylum | ||||
| Walking Tall | Bing Crosby Productions | |||
| The Vault of Horror | Amicus Entertainment, Metromedia Producers Corporation | |||
| The Mack | CRC & Harvey Bernhard Enterprises[8] | |||
| And Now the Screaming Starts! | ||||
| Terror in the Wax Museum | Andrew J. Fenady Productions, Bing Crosby Productions | |||
| The Harrad Experiment[9] | ||||
| Your Three Minutes Are Up | Permut Presentations, Minutes Company | |||
| A Name for Evil | Penthouse | |||
| Freedom Arts Pictures Corporation | ||||
| The Pyx | Host Productions Quebec | |||
| Arnold | Fenady Associates, Bing Crosby Productions | |||
| Marco | ||||
| Seizure | ||||
| How to Seduce a Woman | Forward | |||
| Street Gangs of Hong Kong | ||||
| Catch My Soul | ||||
| The Beast Must Die | Amicus Productions, British Lion Film Corporation | |||
| Dark Places | Glenbeigh, Sedgled | |||
| The Mysterious Island of Captain Nemo | Albina Productions S.a.r.l., Cameroons Development, Cité Films | |||
| W | ||||
| Harrad Summer | Cinema Arts Productions, Inc. | |||
| Sunday in the Country | ||||
| The Reincarnation of Peter Proud | Bing Crosby Productions, American International Pictures |