# Warner Bros.-Seven Arts

Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, Inc. was an American entertainment company active from 1967 until 1969.

## History

Seven Arts Productions acquired Jack L. Warner's controlling interest in Warner Bros. Pictures for $32 million in November 1966. The merger between the two companies was completed by July 15, 1967, and the combined company was named Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.
The acquisition included Warner Bros. Records (which was renamed Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Records), and Reprise Records. Later that same year, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts purchased Atlantic Records. Those record labels were combined in 1971 with two other acquisitions (Elektra Records and its sister label Nonesuch Records) in a new holding company, Warner-Elektra-Atlantic, under the direction of Mo Ostin and Joe Smith.
The head of production was Kenneth Hyman, son of Seven Arts co-founder Eliot Hyman. The first film of production and distribution was Reflections in a Golden Eye. Cool Hand Luke was the final film produced by Warner Bros. Pictures before and after changing its name.

## Acquisition by Kinney

On July 4, 1969, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts was acquired by Kinney National Company, and, in August that year, Ted Ashley became the chairman of the film studio. On December 16, 1969, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts was rebranded as Warner Bros. Inc.
The final film to be released under the Warner Bros.-Seven Arts name was Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed, which was released in February 1970. The studio's next film, Woodstock, which was released in March, was credited as a Warner Bros. production, and this credit would be applied to all other productions from the studio afterward with Warner Bros. reestablished as a major film studio.
In September 1971, due to a financial scandal in its parking lot operation business, Kinney National spun off its non-entertainment assets as National Kinney Corporation, and changed its name to Warner Communications Inc. on February 10, 1972.

## Filmography

* The Shuttered Room (1967)
* Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
* Camelot (1967)
* Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)
* Wait Until Dark (1967)
* Cool Hand Luke (1967)
* The Cats (1968)
* Firecreek (1968)
* Countdown (1968)
* Norman Normal (1968); produced by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Animation
* Bye Bye Braverman (1968)
* Kona Coast (1968)
* Chubasco (1968)
* Petulia (1968)
* The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
* The Green Berets (1968)
* Assignment to Kill (1968)
* I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (1968)
* Rachel, Rachel (1968)
* Finian's Rainbow (1968)
* Bullitt (1968)
* Sweet November (1968)
* The Sea Gull (1968)
* The Sergeant (1968)
* Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968); with Hammer Films
* The Picasso Summer (1969)
* The Big Bounce (1969)
* 2000 Years Later (1969)
* The Wild Bunch (1969)
* The Learning Tree (1969)
* The Rain People (1969)
* The Valley of Gwangi (1969); with Hammer Films
* The Great Bank Robbery (1969)
* Moon Zero Two (1969); with Hammer Films
* Once You Kiss a Stranger (1969)
* The Sweet Body of Deborah (1969)
* The Arrangement (1969)
* Jeff (1969); with Alain Delon's Adel Productions
* Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts (1967–69); produced by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Animation
* The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970); with David Paradine Productions and London Weekend Television
* Crescendo (1970)
* Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (1970)
* Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)
* Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1970); with Hammer Films