Edward L. Kingsley
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Edward L. Kingsley is interviewed about the foreign motion film industry in the United States. They discuss particular films that Kingsley's company have released in America, including "Torment" and "Fame Is the Spur."
From Wikipedia:
Kingsley-International Pictures was an American film importing and releasing agency, located in New York, active between 1952 and 1962 with its product distributed by Union Motion Picture Distributors. The company specialized in importing foreign art house film, mainly French but also some independent British titles, such as Carrington V.C. (1955), Lucky Jim (1957), The League of Gentlemen (1960), and Only Two Can Play (1962).
The company was started and run by Edward Kingsley (1914-1962), a pioneer in "art house" film distribution in the US. Kingsley began as a publicist for Paramount Pictures in 1933. In 1949, he began distributing French films in partnership with Arthur Mayer, another art house distribution pioneer, but after a few years he branched out on his own by starting Kingsley-International Pictures.
Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection
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