This article is about the film company. For the publisher of this name, see J. David Spurlock

J. David Spurlock

J. David Spurlock is an author, illustrator, editor, and artist's-rights advocate best known as the founder of Vanguard Productions, a publisher of art books, graphic novels, and prints.-Career:...

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Vanguard Productions, Inc., otherwise known simply as Vanguard, is a production company established by American producer David O. Selznick

David O. Selznick

David O. Selznick was an American film producer. He is best known for having produced Gone with the Wind and Rebecca , both of which earned him an Oscar for Best Picture.-Early years:...

 after the dissolution of Selznick International Pictures

Selznick International Pictures

-Origin:It was founded in 1935 by producer David O. Selznick and investor John Hay "Jock" Whitney after Selznick left Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and leased a section of the RKO Pictures lot in Culver City, California...

. Aside from Selznick, Dore Schary

Dore Schary

Isadore "Dore" Schary was an American motion picture director, writer, and producer, and playwright who became head of production at MGM and eventually president of the studio...

 did a good number of films during his time in Vanguard.

Though Selznick International ceased to exist, it acted as a shell for Vanguard while Seznick had a contract through United Artists

United Artists

United Artists Corporation is an American film studio. The original studio of that name was founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks....

. After the agreement with United Artists was completed, Vanguard films were distributed by RKO Radio Pictures or Selznick Releasing Organization

Filmography

United Artists

• Since You Went Away (1944)
• I'll Be Seeing You (1944)
• Spellbound (1945)

RKO Radio Pictures

• The Spiral Staircase (1945)
• Till the End of Time (1946)
• Notorious (1946)
• The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
• The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
• Portrait of Jennie (1948
• Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
• Gone to Earth (1950)

Selznick Releasing Organization

• Duel in the Sun (1946)
• The Paradine Case (1947)

Library

Like most Selznick productions, films made by Vanguard are now owned by American Broadcasting Company

American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...

 with home video rights controlled by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of films and television programs. MGM was founded in 1924 when the entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer...

. The notable exceptions are The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (which is now owned by Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...

, via-Turner Entertainment

Turner Entertainment

Turner Entertainment Company, Inc. is an American media company founded by Ted Turner. Now owned by Time Warner, the company is largely responsible for overseeing its library for worldwide distribution Turner Entertainment Company, Inc. (commonly known as Turner Entertainment Co.) is an American...

) and Gone to Earth.