| Industry | Filmed entertainment |
|---|---|
| Defunct | 1971 |
| Fate | Broken up and sold |
| Successor | Library: Paramount Pictures (through Melange Pictures) |
Key people | Milton T. Raynor |
| Owner | Milton T. Raynor (–1967) |
| Parent | Commonwealth 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]
- ^ (24 April 2002). Milton Raynor obituary. Variety. accessed September 22, 2012.
- ^ "Commonwealth United Records USA".
A division of Commonwealth United Corporation
- ^ International Television Almanac. Quigley Publishing Company. 1972.
Commonwealth United Television , Inc. ( A division of Commonwealth United Corp- oration . )
- ^ 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
- ^ "Billboard" (PDF).
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