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Companies based in Burbank, California
- The Walt Disney CompanyOn the 16th of October 1923, two brothers named Walt and Roy Disney signed a contract in Kansas City to start a business called Disney Brothers Cartoon…
- Marvel StudiosAvi Arad stood at the helm of a new division called Marvel Films on the 7th of December 1993. This date marked the official establishment of what would…
- DC ComicsIn 1935, entrepreneur Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson founded National Allied Publications at 432 Fourth Avenue in Manhattan.
- Walt Disney Studios Home EntertainmentOn the 4th of March 1980, Disney licensed thirteen video titles for rental to Fotomat. This agreement began in a four-city test covering Chicago, Houston…
- Walt Disney Studios (division)On the 16th of October 1923, a small animation company named Walt Disney Productions opened its doors in Hollywood. The studio began as a modest operation…
- Touchstone PicturesRon W. Miller signed the papers to establish Touchstone Films on the 15th of February 1984. The new label emerged from a desperate need to separate adult…
- Walt Disney PicturesOn the 16th of October 1923, a small business called Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio opened its doors in Los Angeles. Walt Disney and his brother Roy O.
- Walt Disney Studios Motion PicturesWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures began as a direct response to a business conflict in 1953. Walt Disney and his brother Roy O.
- Warner Bros. PicturesOn the 4th of April 1923, four brothers named Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack Warner officially established Warner Bros. Pictures in Burbank, California.
- New Line CinemaOn the 18th of June 1967, a twenty-seven-year-old Robert Shaye established New Line Cinema in New York City. He operated the company from his apartment at…