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James Harvey Nicholson (September 14, 1916 – December 10, 1972) was an American film producer. He is best known as the co-founder, with Samuel Z. Arkoff, of American International Pictures . Early life. Nicholson was born on September 14, 1916, in Seattle, Washington.
James H. Nicholson. Producer: Panic in Year Zero!. James H. Nicholson was a longtime theater owner and exhibitor and worked as a promo man for Realart Pictures prior to 1954, when he founded American Releasing Corp., Two years later, he decided he wanted to expand globally and, with lawyer Samuel Z. Arkoff, formed American International Pictures.
- Producer, Additional Crew, Writer
- September 14, 1916
- James H. Nicholson
- December 10, 1972
James H. Nicholson was a longtime theater owner and exhibitor and worked as a promo man for Realart Pictures prior to 1954, when he founded American Releasing Corp., Two years later, he decided he wanted to expand globally and, with lawyer Samuel Z. Arkoff, formed American International Pictures.
- September 14, 1916
- December 10, 1972
Dec 11, 1972 · LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10 (AP) —James H. Nicholson, who pro duced dozens of movies for teen‐age audiences, died at the U.C.L.A. Medical Center today, in the aftermath of surgery for a brain tumor in...
Sep 18, 2001 · When Arkoff and partner James H. Nicholson founded AIP in 1954, the major Hollywood studios were little interested in movies aimed at teenagers, or in the summer releasing season. AIP had surprising success with low-budget youth pictures, and took advantage of less competition in the summer to open double-features with titles like "Muscle Beach ...
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. AIP bought out over 100,000 of Nicholson's shares. He died shortly thereafter of a cancerous brain tumor.
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Mar 22, 2022 · When Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson formed AIP in 1954, it wasn’t an easy time for independent film exhibitors. After the major studios lost their own cinema chains in a 1948 anti-trust ruling, they focused on more expensive pictures accompanied by new technologies like 3D, widescreen, and stereo sound.
