Screen Gems

The beauty of Sony is our variety.

Yes, we have the studios, which is Columbia Pictures and TriStar Films, as well as Screen Gems, which tend to buy a lot of the independent smaller films, and Sony Pictures Classics, which is not a studio such, it's more of an acquisition company, buying films from the likes of Toronto and the film festivals around the world.

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I started a picture studio.

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And yeah, in March of 2025 it was revealed that Sony Pictures, which had, uh, co-produced, uh, the previous live action films under Screen Gems-

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... uh, they won the bidding war, and would have Columbia Pictures overseeing the film production.

It's been the case for so long, too.

You know, Screen Gems was a division of Sony that now does horror and action.

But it used to actually be for black audiences.

And they were at one point the most profitable subdivision of Sony because they were making, quote unquote, black movies for black audiences.

He called him up.

He was a guy, I think who was already, like, doing, like, advertising stuff, and he called them up and he had to meet with Screen Gems in New York and pitched them on this idea, and they brought up the fact that, "Look, we tried this with Flintstones and it's a disaster.

Why would we do this again?" And, and his, let me see if I can find the exact quote.

But he said something along the lines of like, "Flintstones don't belong in a campground.

We needed the film.

And I think it probably happened sometime after the Screen Gems distribution deal ended and when it was under World Vision.

I'm thrilled with how this has turned out because the shows are great.

Cartoons are great.

Cast includes Meredith Baxter, David Hedison, Gail Sondergaard, John Carradine, René Jarrett, Key Luke, Kent Smith, Stuart Whitman, Milton Parsons, and John Abbott.

Production company was Douglas S. Kramer Company and Screen Gems Television.

It was released December 11, 1973 as an ABC movie of the week.

Synopsis is, a deceased rich man's collection is the key to solving a string of murders committed by a mysterious black...

of other salacious and gossipy emails about Kevin Hart.

For instance, Amy Pascal was on an email chain with Screen Gems president Clint Culpepper, and he wrote about Kevin Hart, quote, I'm not saying he's a whore, but he's a whore.

Whoa.

Now, why would he call Kevin Hart a whore? Great question, Elizabeth.