Commonwealth United Entertainment, formerly known as ''Television Enterprises Corporation'' and was also known as Commonwealth United Corporation after its parent corporation, was an American film production and distribution company active to 1971. It was headed by Milton T. Raynor.(24 April 2002)
Milton Raynor obituary
''Variety''. accessed September 22, 2012. The company was sometimes considered one of the "instant majors" of the late 1960s. The company also briefly operated a record label, Commonwealth United Records.

History

Commonwealth United Corporation was originally a real estate holding company formed in 1961 as the Real Properties Corporation. It changed its name to CUC in 1965. In 1967, CUC acquired Television Enterprises Corporation (TVC). Milton T. Raynor moved to California and became vice-president at TVE. Later, Raynor took over ownership.

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In 1967, Commonwealth United Corporation acquired The Landau-Unger Company, with

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becoming president and

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and

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as executive vice-president. It also acquired Television Enterprises CorporationPage 10. and was renamed Commonwealth United Entertainment (CUE). In 1967, CUE produced 17 theatrical films and purchased publishing and recording interests. The Max Factor family financed '' That Cold Day in the Park'', a movie directed by

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that CUE released in 1969.The Auteur Cinema. Page 89. By 1971, CUE was $80 million in debt. The company's film rights, foreign and domestic, were acquired by National Telefilm Associates and American International Pictures.

Select Credits

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'' (1969) *'' The Magic Christian'' (1969) *'' It Takes All Kinds'' (1969) *'' That Cold Day in the Park'' (1969) *'' Tiger by the Tail'' (1970) *''

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'' (1970) *'' The Ballad of Tam Lin'' (1970)

References

*Cook, David A. (2000)
Lost Illusions: American Cinema in the Shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970-1979
University of California Press.

External links

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