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Boxoffice International Pictures

From The Grindhouse Cinema Database

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Boxoffice International Pictures, Inc. was a film distributor founded in 1964. The company was owned by Harry Novak. A young Harry Novak got his start in the film biz with a job at RKO Pictures distributing movie posters and press books to theaters while still in his teens. Following a tour of duty in the Army during World War II, Novak went back to RKO, this time booking and selling films as well as designing ads. One of his primary responsibilities while working at RKO was handling the distribution arrangements for innocuous family fare made by the Walt Disney Studios.

After RKO closed in 1957, Harry went to work booking exploitation films for the JEM distribution company. He then founded his own production and distribution outfit called Boxoffice International Pictures. The first film released by BIP was the nudie cutie Kiss Me Quick! (1964). BIP later used the alternate name Harry Novak Productions. It ceased operations in 1977.

References

1. IMDB

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