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Steve Broidy

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Steve Broidy (born Samuel Broidy) was born in Malden, Massachusetts, and attended Boston University. His entrance into the film business was as a salesman for an independent company in 1925, and he moved to Universal Pictures in 1926 and then Warner Bros. in 1931. He was hired by Monogram Pictures in 1933 as a sales manager, and by 1940 was on the board of directors as VP and general sales manager. By 1945 he had been named President. Broidy presided over Monogram during its metamorphosis into Allied Artists, a change that came about because he believed that the Monogram name had for too long been associated with low-budget, low-quality productions, and he wanted to upgrade the company's reputation. He remained president until 1965, when he left to become an independent producer. In 1962 he was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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He established Allied Artists Productions Inc. as a subsidiary of W. Ray Johnston's Monogram Pictures in November, 1946. Broidy was installed as president and Johnston was chairman of the board. By 1953 it became apparent that the Monogram label was a hindrance to the company, being associated with ultra-cheap B quickies, and the label was eventually dropped in favor of the Allied Artists name. While the new company did produce some big-budget, prestigious films (i.e., Friendly Persuasion (1956)) of the type Monogram never made (and never could), it eventually acquired the same type of reputation as its predecessor, turning out a slew of cheap westerns, low-budget sci-fi and inexpensive teen/"j.d." pictures.
Father of Arthur M. Broidy.
Brother of William F. Broidy.

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