Cannes Film Festival has earned the admiration of film lovers for showcasing the finest in auteur films. But for the last 60 years, the Cannes Market has provided economic oomph to the annual seaside unspoolings, with fare perhaps less artsy, but with its own special aesthetic pleasures.
Cannes Palme d’Or winner (and 2019 Fest competitor) Quentin Tarantino has waxed poetic about one of the market’s most emblematic and distinctive film companies, Crown International.
“I’ve been lamenting the fact that exploitation movies don’t exist anymore, but they do, they’re just on television,” Tarantino told Movieline in 1994. “‘Baywatch’ is as good as any Crown Intl. movie,” said Tarantino, “but without the nipples. You get all the breasts, you just don’t get the nipples…”
Founded by Newton “Red” Jacobs in 1959, the same year the market was officially launched, Crown Intl. enjoyed decades of buoyant bazaar triumphs, reaping the benefits...
Cannes Palme d’Or winner (and 2019 Fest competitor) Quentin Tarantino has waxed poetic about one of the market’s most emblematic and distinctive film companies, Crown International.
“I’ve been lamenting the fact that exploitation movies don’t exist anymore, but they do, they’re just on television,” Tarantino told Movieline in 1994. “‘Baywatch’ is as good as any Crown Intl. movie,” said Tarantino, “but without the nipples. You get all the breasts, you just don’t get the nipples…”
Founded by Newton “Red” Jacobs in 1959, the same year the market was officially launched, Crown Intl. enjoyed decades of buoyant bazaar triumphs, reaping the benefits...
- 5/13/2019
- by Steven Gaydos
- Variety Film + TV
Halfway through the year, we’ve already lost a number of stars across Hollywood. Here’s a list of some of the notable celebrities and industry professionals in film, TV, music and sports who have passed away so far in 2018.
Jon Paul Steuer
Jon Paul Steuer, a former child actor who starred in “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” and most recently under the stage name Jonny Jewels for the rock band P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S., died on January 1. He was 33.
Mark Tenser
Mark Tenser, president and CEO of B-Movie studio Crown International Pictures, died on January 1. At his request, his age was not disclosed.
Frank Buxton
Frank Buxton, a writer and director best known for his work on “The Odd Couple” and “Happy Days,” died on January 2. He was 87.
Donnelly Rhodes
Donnelly Rhodes, a Canadian actor who played chief medical officer Dr. Sherman Cottle on the “Battlestar Galactica” reboot,...
Jon Paul Steuer
Jon Paul Steuer, a former child actor who starred in “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” and most recently under the stage name Jonny Jewels for the rock band P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S., died on January 1. He was 33.
Mark Tenser
Mark Tenser, president and CEO of B-Movie studio Crown International Pictures, died on January 1. At his request, his age was not disclosed.
Frank Buxton
Frank Buxton, a writer and director best known for his work on “The Odd Couple” and “Happy Days,” died on January 2. He was 87.
Donnelly Rhodes
Donnelly Rhodes, a Canadian actor who played chief medical officer Dr. Sherman Cottle on the “Battlestar Galactica” reboot,...
- 1/1/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
The year is just beginning, but we’ve already lost a handful of stars across Hollywood. Here’s a list of some of the notable celebrities and industry professionals in film, TV, music and sports who we’ve lost so far in 2018. Jon Paul Steuer Jon Paul Steuer, a former child actor who starred in “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” and most recently under the stage name Jonny Jewels for the rock band P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S., died on January 1. He was 33. Mark Tenser Mark Tenser, president and CEO of B-Movie studio Crown International Pictures, died on January 1. At his request, his age was not...
- 1/20/2018
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Mark Tenser, president and CEO of B-Movie studio Crown International Pictures, died on Monday, the company announced. At his request, his age was not disclosed. For nearly 45 years, Tenser served as the head of Crown International, turning it into a B-Movie behemoth that became known in the ’70s and ’80s for low-budget teen movies filled with fast cars and sex. Founded in 1959, Crown had distributed several B-films with such colorful titles like “The Creeping Terror” and “They Saved Hitler’s Brain,” but once Tenser, who joined Crown as a distribution manager, took over the role of president from founder...
- 1/4/2018
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Mark Tenser, the savvy movie executive who transformed Crown International Pictures from an unremarkable independent film company into an exploitation powerhouse in the 1970s and '80s, has died.
Tenser died on New Year's Day, his company announced. He was still serving as president and CEO of Crown at the time of his death and did not want his age to be revealed.
His wife, Marilyn Tenser, who survives him, worked alongside him for more than four decades and produced several of Crown's most notable releases.
After Tenser took the reins in 1973, Crown targeted the underserved teen market that the...
Tenser died on New Year's Day, his company announced. He was still serving as president and CEO of Crown at the time of his death and did not want his age to be revealed.
His wife, Marilyn Tenser, who survives him, worked alongside him for more than four decades and produced several of Crown's most notable releases.
After Tenser took the reins in 1973, Crown targeted the underserved teen market that the...
- 1/4/2018
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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