Commonwealth United Entertainment

Commonwealth United Entertainment
IndustryFilmed entertainment
Defunct1971; 53 years ago (1971)
FateBroken up and sold
SuccessorLibrary:
Paramount Pictures
(through Melange Pictures)
Key people
Milton T. Raynor
OwnerMilton T. Raynor (–1967)
ParentCommonwealth United Corporation (1967–1971)

Commonwealth United Entertainment (generally referred to as Commonwealth United; abbreviated as CUE), formerly known as Television Enterprises Corporation (abbreviated as TEC), was an American film & TV production and distribution company active to 1971. It was headed by Milton T. Raynor.[1]

The company was sometimes considered one of the "instant majors" of the late 1960s.[li 1] Its parent company briefly operated a record label, Commonwealth United Records (abbreviated as CUR),[2] as well as a TV production & distribution company, Commonwealth United Television (abbreviated as CUT).[3] It produced films through its in-house film studio, Commonwealth United Productions (abbreviated as CUP),[4] which would eventually become Commonwealth United Pictures (abbreviated as CUP).[5]

  1. ^ (24 April 2002). Milton Raynor obituary. Variety. accessed September 22, 2012.
  2. ^ "Commonwealth United Records USA". A division of Commonwealth United Corporation
  3. ^ International Television Almanac. Quigley Publishing Company. 1972. Commonwealth United Television , Inc. ( A division of Commonwealth United Corp- oration . )
  4. ^ Goudsouzian, Aram (2004). Sidney Poitier: Man, Actor, Icon. Univ of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-2843-4. Producer: Ely Landau, Commonwealth United Productions
  5. ^ "Billboard" (PDF).


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