Filmways, Inc.

Filmways, Inc. was a television and film production company founded by American film executive Martin Ransohoff in 1960. It is probably best-known as the production company of CBS's "rural comedies" of the 1960s, including The Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction, and Green Acres. Ransohoff left the company in 1972. Around this time Filmways acquired the Heatter-Quigley production company (Hollywood Squares), and years later American International Pictures. In 1983 Filmways was acquired in a merger with Orion Pictures Corporation. Today, most of the Filmways library is owned by MGM (successor-in-interest to Orion).

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Television - Film - American - Martin Ransohoff - 1960 - CBS - Rural - Comedies - 1960s - The Beverly Hillbillies - Petticoat Junction - Green Acres - 1972 - Hollywood Squares - American International Pictures - 1983 - Merger - Orion Pictures Corporation - MGM

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