The first prominent victim of the changing market was Eagle-Lion, which released its last films in 1951. By 1953, the old Monogram brand had disappeared, the company having adopted the identity of its higher-end subsidiary, Allied Artists. The following year, Allied released Hollywood's last B series Westerns. Non-series B Westerns continued to appear for a few more years, but Republic Pictures, long associated with cheap sagebrush sagas, was out of the filmmaking business by decade's end. In other genres, Universal kept its Ma and Pa Kettle series going through 1957, while Allied Artists stuck with the Bowery Boys until 1958.Lev (2003), p. 205. RKO, weakened by years of mismanagement, exited the movie industry in 1957.Lasky (1989), p. 229.
The first prominent victim of the changing market was Eagle-Lion, which released its last films in 1951. By 1953 the old Monogram brand had disappeared, the company having adopted the identity of its higher-end subsidiary, Allied Artists. The following year, Allied released Hollywood's last B series Westerns. Non-series B Westerns continued to appear for a few more years, but Republic Pictures, long associated wit.h cheap sagebrush sagas, was out of the filmmaking business by decade's end. In other genres, Universal kept its Ma and Pa ,Kettle series going through 1957, while Allied Artists stuck with the Bowery Boys until 1958.Lev (2003), p. 205 RKO, weakened by years of mismanagement, exited the movie industry in 1957.Lasky (1989), p. 229.