In 1980, Lorimar purchased the Allied Artists Pictures Corporation library.
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11 Facts About Lorimar
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On June 6,1985, Lorimar decided to expand into first-run syndication, and wanted to pick up eight series, with the acquisition of syndicated rights to the CBS game show Press Your Luck.
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On January 11,1989, Lorimar was purchased by Warner Communications, which the following year merged with Time Inc to form Time Warner.
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Lorimar continued as a production company until September 1993, when it was eventually folded into Warner Bros.
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In 1990, David Salzman left Lorimar to start Millennium Productions to cover affiliated production houses like Lorimar and Telepictures.
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In 1991, after Orion Pictures shut down its television unit, before its eventual Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Gary Nardino moved to Lorimar, taking its current Orion-produced shows with them, and took talent deals with them.
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Lorimar previously had a distribution agreement with 20th Century Fox for two years between 1985 and 1987, before starting its own distribution unit.
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In 1984, Lorimar purchased Karl Video Corporation, known as Karl Home Video, which was named after its founder, Stuart Karl.
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In 1985, Karl-Lorimar inked a deal to distribute movie titles by Lorimar Motion Pictures and had to release 6 to 12 theatrical feature films a year.
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In 1979, Lorimar formed Lorimar Records whose first release was the soundtrack to the film The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh.
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Several of Lorimar's films are still owned by their original distributors or third parties, which are marked with an asterisk.
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