Conn Pictures Corporation

{{Short description|American film studio}}

Conn Pictures Corporation was a film studio in the United States led by producer Maurice Conn from 1934 until 1937{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F8OSCgAAQBAJ&dq=maurice+conn&pg=PA32|title=Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each|first=Michael R.|last=Pitts|date=September 17, 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-1036-8 |via=Google Books}} or 1938.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnzsAgAAQBAJ&q=Conn+Pictures+Corporation+Mayrice&pg=PA6|title=The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry|first=Anthony|last=Slide|date=February 25, 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-92554-3 |via=Google Books}} Martin G. Conn was an editor and associate producer for the studio.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F8OSCgAAQBAJ&dq=maurice+conn+sigmund+neufeld&pg=PA35|title=Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each|first=Michael R.|last=Pitts|date=September 17, 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-1036-8 |via=Google Books}}

Conn's films featured Kermit Maynard, Frankie Darro, and Pinky Tomlin.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F8OSCgAAQBAJ&dq=maurice+conn+sigmund+neufeld&pg=PA35|title=Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each|first=Michael R.|last=Pitts|date=September 17, 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-1036-8 |via=Google Books}}

Jack Greenhalgh was a cinematographer for the studio.

Conn made westerns.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C37sAgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Conn+Pictures%22+maurice&pg=PA1866|title=The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry|first=Anthony|last=Slide|date=February 25, 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-92561-1 |via=Google Books}} The studio also produced the 1936 boxing film Born to Fight. Conn had dealings with the Production Code Administration.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GVAJf8klh3wC&dq=Conn+Pictures+Corporation+maurice&pg=PA234|title=American Racist: The Life and Films of Thomas Dixon|first=Anthony|last=Slide|date=September 10, 2004|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=0-8131-7191-1 |via=Google Books}}

In 1938, the company's trustee sought permission to release its films while it reorganized.{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7wjjxI5txB8C&q=%22Conn+Pictures%22+maurice | title=Motion Picture Herald | date=1938 }}