Castle Films was a film company founded in California by former newsreel cameraman Eugene W Castle in 1924.
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10 Facts About Castle Films
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In 1937, Castle branched out into 8 mm and 16 mm home movies, buying newsreel footage and old theatrical films for home use.
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Castle Films's first home movie was a newsreel of the Hindenburg explosion.
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That same year, Castle Films launched his "News Parade" series, a year-in-review newsreel; travelogues followed in 1938.
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Castle Films obtained home-movie rights to cartoons from several animation studios, including Terrytoons and Ub Iwerks.
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When Universal was purchased by MCA Inc in 1962, Castle gained access to the pre-1950 Paramount Pictures sound feature films owned by MCA's TV division, releasing sequences from Cecil B DeMille's spectaculars and Marx Brothers comedies, among other Paramount titles.
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Castle Films' name was changed to Universal 8 in 1977 and the new management experimented with longer-length films, but the era of home video brought an end to Universal's home-movie enterprise in 1984.
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Largest US competitor of Castle Films was Official Films, until rival movie studios entered the marketplace, including Columbia Pictures and Warner Bros.
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Complete inventory of Castle Films is listed in Scott MacGillivray's book Castle Films: A Hobbyist's Guide,.
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