American Broadcasting Company The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network. It is the flagship property of the ABC Entertainment Group division of The Walt Disney Company. The network is headquartered in Burbank, Cali ...

's entry into film began with their purchase of the Selznick library from the David O. Selznick estate. In 1965, ABC founded its own films production company ABC Pictures (or ABC Pictures International for international distribution) The studio's films would be distributed by

Cinerama Releasing Corporation 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".Page 10. History In 1963, the owner of the Paci ...

. The studio never turned a profit for ABC and was shut down in 1972. In May 1979, ABC later returned to film production as

ABC Motion Pictures Walt Disney Television, formerly American Broadcasting Companies, Capital Cities/ABC and Disney-ABC Television Group has formed a number of production companies over the years. ABC Film Syndication, or ABC Films, was ABC's syndication distributio ...

with distribution by

20th Century Studios 20th Century Studios, Inc. (previously known as 20th Century Fox) is an American film production company headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles. As of 2019, it serves as a film production arm of Walt Disn ...

(then known as 20th Century Fox) The studio would close down in 1985.https://www.nytimes.com/1985/in the year 11/15/movies/abc-and-cbs-give-up-on-the-movie-business.html Both ABC and 20th Century Studios are now owned by

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List of films

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Films A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...