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13 Facts About Henry Saperstein

1.

Henry Gahagen Saperstein was an American film producer and distributor.

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When Henry Saperstein was 20 his father died that led Henry Saperstein to drop out of school to run the cinemas.

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Henry Saperstein moved to Hollywood in 1955 as the president of Television Personalities Inc that specialised in tie-in merchandising business for television characters such as The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, The Lone Ranger, Lassie and The Roy Rogers Show.

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4.

Henry Saperstein produced syndicated television sports shows such as Championship Bowling and All Star Golf as well as the children's television show Ding Dong School that began in Chicago.

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5.

Henry Saperstein purchased the UPA studio from its co-founder, Stephen Bosustow, in 1960, following the unsuccessful release of the Mr Magoo feature film 1001 Arabian Nights.

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6.

Bosustow felt that Henry Saperstein mainly purchased the studio to exploit the merchandising of Magoo.

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Henry Saperstein produced the television special Mr Magoo's Christmas Carol written by Barbara Chain with music by Bob Merrill and Jule Styne which won the New York Critic's Award, and The Famous Adventures of Mr Magoo television series which it spawned, as well as the animated feature Gay Purr-ee.

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8.

At UPA, Henry Saperstein was approached by marketers looking for theatrical monster films.

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Henry Saperstein met with the Motion Picture Association of America to find out which company made the most monster films.

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10.

Henry Saperstein was told the most prolific were Hammer Studios in England and Toho Studios in Japan.

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11.

When Bruce refused the project, Henry Saperstein hired Woody Allen for the project that was originally meant to be a television special, but was expanded for cinema release with padding by the musical group The Lovin' Spoonful.

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12.

Henry Saperstein continued to produce a variety of films and television shows such as T AM I Show and was an executive producer on the 1968 feature film Hell in the Pacific.

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13.

Henry Saperstein died of cancer in Beverly Hills, California on June 24,1998 at age 80.

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