Sono Art-World Wide Pictures
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film production and distribution |
| Founded | 1927 |
| Founder | W. Ray Johnston |
| Defunct | 1933 |
| Fate | Merged with Rayart Pictures to form Monogram Pictures |
Area served | United States |
Key people | W. Ray Johnston |
| Products | Motion pictures |
Sono Art-World Wide Pictures operated as an American film production and distribution firm from 1927 until 1933. The company was established by W. Ray Johnston, with its first feature release being The Rainbow Man in 1929. Among its significant titles was The Great Gabbo (1929), directed by James Cruze and featuring Erich von Stroheim. One of the last films it distributed was A Study in Scarlet (1933), which starred Reginald Owen portraying Sherlock Holmes.
Sono Art-World Wide was responsible for the initial U.S. distribution of four films by Alfred Hitchcock: Downhill (1927), Easy Virtue (1928), The Manxman (1929), and Blackmail (1929). Additionally, it released the British film Piccadilly (1929), which starred Anna May Wong.
Merger
In 1932, Sono Art-World Wide expanded its production capabilities by acquiring Tiffany Pictures. The subsequent year saw its consolidation with Rayart Pictures, resulting in the formation of Monogram Pictures. This entity later became part of Republic Pictures in 1935. Currently, all productions from Sono Art-World Wide and the original Monogram Pictures are within the public domain.
Filmography
- The Talk of Hollywood (1929)
- The Great Gabbo (1929)
- Blaze o' Glory (1929)
- The Rainbow Man (1929)
- Midnight Daddies (1929)
- Hello Sister (1930)
- What a Man (1930)
- Cock o' the Walk (1930)
- The Big Fight (1930)
- The Dude Wrangler (1930)
- Rogue of the Rio Grande (1930)
- Once a Gentleman (1930)
- Reno (1930)
- The Costello Case (1930)
- Damaged Love (1931)
- Swanee River (1931)
- Mounted Fury (1931)
- Murder at Midnight (1931)
- Air Police (1931)
- In Old Cheyenne (1931)
- First Aid (1931)
- Hell-Bent for Frisco (1931)
- Is There Justice? (1931)
- Neck and Neck (1931)
- Law of the West (1932)
- The Last Mile (1932)
- Texas Buddies (1932)
- Riders of the Desert (1932)
- Between Fighting Men (1932)
- Come On, Tarzan (1932)
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