PRC's leading western star until he quit in 1945, alarmed by the budgets sinking to new lows. He was succeeded by singing cowboy Eddie Dean in the first B-western series filmed in Cinecolor. Dean was sometimes co-starred with Lash LaRue, who went on to his own starring series. The PRC westerns were so popular that they actually outlasted the studio, which was absorbed by Eagle-Lion. Although the studio's feature films would now bear the Eagle-Lion trademark, the low-budget westerns continued to be marketed with the PRC logo into 1948. Eagle-Lion took over the distribution arm of the company in 1946; the production arm (and with it the entire company) followed suit shortly thereafter. PRC's final release was The Gas House Kids in Hollywood on August 23, 1947. Legacy Madison Pictures Inc. released PRC's product for both television showings and theatrical re-releases until 1955. Madison, formed in late December 1945, was headed by Armand Schenck, a former supervisor of PRC's branch operations and previously an executive with Commonwealth Film Corporation and later Pathé Laboratories, a subsidiary of Pathé Industries. Madison was bought by United Artists. As early as 1950, the CBS Television network was screening PRC films on television for the bargain-basement price of $1,750 per title. Many PRC films are now in the public domain and appear on budget DVDs. Eighty-one films from the PRC library were acquired by National Telefilm Associates; they are currently owned by TV syndicator and video dealer Films Around The World, Inc. Strange Holiday, originally released by PRC, is now owned by Paramount Pictures. See also List of Producers Releasing Corporation films References Dixon, Wheeler W. Producers Releasing Corporation: A Comprehensive Filmography and History. McFarland, 1987. Miller, Don. B Movies. New York: Curtis Books, 1973. External links The History of PRC on (re)Search my Trash Film studios in Southern California Defunct American film studios Defunct film and television production companies of the United States Entertainment companies based in California Film distributors of the United States Film production companies of the United States Defunct organizations based in Hollywood, Los Angeles Companies based in Los Angeles Mass media companies established in 1939 Mass media companies disestablished in 1946 1939 establishments in California 1946 disestablishments in California Defunct companies based in Greater Los Angeles