Information About Corinth Films

Corinth Films is a highly charged and motivated team of people who love searching for good programming from the past to excite viewers of today. We are a small and very efficient company, with an ability to act quickly to release and deliver newly discovered programming to our customers. John M. Poole is Corinth's President, with over 34 years experience in the film distribution business. John spearheads the company's drive to evaluate all types of possible programming and is dedicated to helping Corinth's customers try new ideas to build audience approval ratings. John also works closely with producers to find the best marketing and distribution strategy to help their unique collections find the largest possible audience. Richard Evangelista is Corinth's Executive Vice President, Operations Manager, also with 30 years experience in the film distribution business. Rich is in charge of the technological side of Corinth's program acquisitions and is dedicated to getting the best quality video transfers when new programming is acquired. He is also on the acquisitions committee where his opinions help finalize the upcoming programming roster. Rich also works in sales and likes nothing better than to convey his enthusiasm for Corinth's latest program discoveries to the programming clients he counsels.

Company Background

Corinth Films was founded in 1977 and was initially set up to distribute foreign and classic films in the United States to select art theatres and college and university film societies. 35mm and 16mm prints were used to service the exhibition needs of these early customers. Videocassettes did not exist during Corinth's early years. Technology has made film distribution different today with a wafer thin DVD replacing the old cumbersome 16mm prints of the past. But one thing hasn't changed, the need to acquire original film elements to assure the best quality transfers to whatever technology offers as the format of choice for distribution. Corinth works closely with producers and owners of these original elements to assure that the latest in technology will be best served by the most original film elements available. This is the essence of the film collections Corinth represents.

How We Can Help

PROVIDING VALUABLE INFORMATION about our product, to help make the best programming decisions is the first way we can help. We have something unique to offer and we want to make you aware of the benefits that can be derived from using programming from THE CORINTH COLLECTION. Our SELECTION OF PROGRAMMING is purposeful - we do the work for you to provide the best programming from the various programming categories and film genres that we acquire. Our source VIDEO MASTERS are transferred whenever possible from the finest 16mm or 35mm film elements. If a 35mm fine grain or negative is available, we use the CLOSEST TO ORIGINAL generation material whenever possible. We also transfer to digital when we go from print elements to video. Evidence of this effort can be seen in the recent airings of our HOPALONG CASSIDY FEATURE FILM WESTERNS on Encore's Westerns channel. The original black and white pristine quality is immediately evident - like it must have been to see a new 35mm print in a theater in 1935 or 1940, when these films were originally released. Or look at the new DVD versions of our FOREIGN FILMS and WADE WILLIAMS COLLECTION science fiction and Hollywood films, which has been released by our licensee IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT. The digital quality from the original film-to-tape transfers is superb. We also provide specific information about the original material and transfer process used so you will be aware of the source of our masters to help evaluate the quality you will be receiving when you access our masters.

Policies and Procedures

Corinth's business policy is simple: work closely with our customers to keep them informed of what is available and listen to their needs to help formulate a plan as to what programming we should acquire in the future. We also specialize in personalized service and work hard to respond quickly to our customers’ needs. The license fees for our programming are based on market size and number of potential viewers reached, the license period and number of showings requested, and the programming you would like to license. For a price quote, simply fax, mail, e-mail, or give us a call with information about your station, system or channel, the approximate number of viewers, subscribers or customers you reach, the programming you would like to license, and the license period and number of showings you require. We will then contact you with a price quote for our license fees. As soon as we agree on the license fee and terms, we will send you a license agreement for your approval and signature, then ship you either beta SP, 3/4 inch or one inch masters for you to dub to your stock for use over the license period. Then just return the masters to us within ten days after you've finished making your dubs.