The most powerful of the eight were the "Big Five": Loew's (MGM), Paramount, Warner Bros., Twentieth Century-Fox and RKO. These five companies were fully-integrated, meaning they produced nearly all the important motion pictures each year, operated worldwide distribution systems and owned the largest and best-situated theatres where their films were guaranteed a showing. Allied to the "Big Five" were the "Little Three": Universal, Columbia and United Artists. Universal and Columbia were producer-distributors that supplied the bigger companies with low-budget pictures for double features. United Artists was solely a distributor for a few quality independent producers. "Poverty Row" existed on the periphery. Small studios such as Monogram, Republic and Producers' Releasing Corporation served small towns and rural areas. As a group, they had a marginal impact on the business.
The most powerful of the eight were the "Big Five": Loew's (MGM), Paramount, Warner Bros., Twentieth Century-Fox and RKO. These five companies were fully-integrated, meaning they produced nearly all the important motion pictures each year, operated worldwide distribution systems and owned the largest and best-situated theatres where their films were guaranteed a showing. Allied to the "Big Five" were the "Little Three": Universal, Columbia and United Artists. Universal and Columbia were producer-distributors that supplied the bigger companies with low-budget pictures for double features. United Artists was solely a distributor for a few quality independent producers. "Poverty Row" existed on the periphery. Small studios such as Monogram, Republic and Producers' Releasing Corporation served small towns and rural areas. As a group, they had a marginal impact on the business.
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