Astor Pictures

Astor Pictures Corporation was a film distribution company active between 1933 and 1965 known for issuing films for RKO Radio Pictures, Bing Crosby, and Howard Hughes' film corporations. Robert M. Savini founded Astor Pictures in 1933 and was most well known for re-releasing films. In the 1930s, Savini became Hughes' representative for film deals, re-editing and reissuing Hughes' films such as Hell's Angels (1930) during World War II and Scarface (1932) after the death of Al Capone in 1946. Astor Pictures' business dwindled during the late 1950s, continuing to release B-films and independent art films until it went out of business in 1965.

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Pitts, Michael R. Astor Pictures: A Filmography and History of the Reissue King. North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers.