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which gave it box-office success. Levine discovered that double features with the same cast members or similar titles brought in higher box-office revenues; this led him to present two films together because they had similar titles.
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a sex-hygiene film which he saw drawing a line of prospective ticket-buyers who were braving a snowstorm to that end. He later remembered buying it to show in his theaters because "it made me sick." He was also a representative for
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In the 1920s, in partnership with two of his older brothers, Joe opened a basement dress shop, whose stock the Levine brothers obtained on consignment. He had multiple other jobs and operated the Cafe
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Levine's promotional campaign focused on one still photograph, which showed Loren, as the mother, wearing a torn dress, kneeling in the dirt, and weeping with rage and grief. Predicting that she would win the
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Superjet making its premiere voyage, flying from New York to Los
Angeles, with the film's stars and members of the press aboard. It marked the first time that a movie and a plane premiered in the same event.
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Levine's
Embassy Pictures began dealing in art films, often European ones, in the 1960s. During that decade, he reached the peak of his career and his prestige, which he was able to sustain into the 1970s.
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frozen amid the contentious legal dispute. Baker went hundreds of thousands of dollars into debt, though eventually she awarded $ 1 million in compensation).
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to the US in 1958 and spent $ 600,000 promoting it, which returned $ 2 million in rentals. His breakthrough came the following year with
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to the American general public, acquiring the rights for $ 12,000. Spending $ 400,000 on marketing and promoting it under the title
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This article is about the film producer. For the philosopher, see
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for its American release and added a title song performed by
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1609:"Independent movie producer Joseph E. Levine, 81, dies"
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The Second Best Secret Agent in the Whole Wide World
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1123:(1965): Levine renamed this film
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2129:AFI Catalog of Feature Films
1860:Slifkin, Irv (May 3, 2015).
1806:McClelland, Douglas (1989).
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768:In the Levine produced film
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1948:"Paranoia Movie Review"
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2237:Cecil B. DeMille Award
2168:McKenna, A.T. (2016).
1534:Marriage Italian-Style
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1992:(April 17, 1964).
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1387:Walk Into Paradise
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1752:Los Angeles Times
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1185:A Man Called Adam
1048:Only One New York
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