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Mattel Playground Productions (2013–2016) Company type: Division: Industry: Film production: Predecessors: Radnitz-Mattel Productions HIT Movies: Founded: October 16, 2013; 10 years ago () (as Mattel Playground Productions) September 6, 2018; 5 years ago () (as Mattel Films) Defunct
With Radnitz/Mattel Productions (Sorted by Popularity Ascending) 6 titles. 1. Sounder (1972) The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food. Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks, Carmen Mathews.
In the 1970s and 1980s, Radnitz collaborated on several projects with director Martin Ritt. In May 1970, Radnitz and toy-maker Mattel formed a partnership to produce films marketed to children. My Side of the Mountain was a 1969 film about a boy who decides to leave the big city to spend a sabbatical in the woods to see if he can make it on his own
Mattel has a long history of media engagement since its foundation with the advertising of products from its brands including Barbie, Monster High and Polly Pocket, but the venture into full-time entertainment began in May, 1970, when it teamed up with producer Robert B. Radnitz to form a joint venture film production company, "Radnitz/Mattel Productions". [36]
Radnitz/Mattel Productions is a multinational conglomerate, know for Where the Lilies Bloom, A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich and Mary White (TV)
The New York Times. June 8, 1974. Where the Lilies Bloom was based on Vera and Bill Cleaver’s 1969 novel of the same name, a finalist in the 1970 National Book Awards. Radnitz/Mattel Productions purchased the film rights in 1971 and hired Earl Hamner, Jr. to adapt the screenplay. Hamner was well acquainted with the book’s rural setting, as ...
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A July 1971 Daily Variety news item stated that Mattel would back eight productions with budgets of $750,000-$1,000,000 each. In January 1973, Radnitz told Hollywood Reporter that Mattel gave him complete freedom in making the film and did not view a print until Sounder was completed.
