Santana Productions

{{Short description|Film production company founded in 1948 by American actor Humphrey Bogart}}

Santana Productions was a film production company founded in 1948 by Humphrey Bogart. It was named after his yacht (and the cabin cruiser in Key Largo).{{Harvnb|Meyers|1997|p=236.}} The company released its films, known for its film noir through Columbia Pictures, but the majority of its motion pictures lost money at the box office, ultimately forcing the sale of Santana.{{Harvnb|Meyers|1997|pp=240–241.}}

Feature films

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\|Year ! \|Title ! \|Distributor ! \|Producer ! \|Director ! \|Star(s) ! \|Notes
1949 \|Knock on Any Door \|Columbia \|Robert Lord \|Nicholas Ray \|Humphrey Bogart & John Derek \|
1949 \|Tokyo Joe \|Columbia \|Robert Lord \|Stuart Heisler \|Humphrey Bogart & Alexander Knox \|
1949 \|And Baby Makes Three \|Columbia \|Robert Lord \|Henry Levin \|Robert Young & Barbara Hale \|
1950 \|In a Lonely Place \|Columbia \|Robert Lord \|Nicholas Ray \|Humphrey Bogart & Gloria Grahame \|Added to the National Film Registry in 2007
1951 \|Sirocco \|Columbia \|Robert Lord \|Curtis Bernhardt \|Humphrey Bogart & Lee J. Cobb \|
1951 \|The Family Secret \|Columbia \|Robert Lord \|Henry Levin \|John Derek & Lee J. Cobb \|
1953 \|Beat the Devil \|United Artists \|John Huston \|John Huston \|Humphrey Bogart & Jennifer Jones \|Co-produced with Romulus Films (UK); Screenplay by Truman Capote

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|Year

! |Title

! |Distributor

! |Producer

! |Director

! |Star(s)

! |Notes

1949

|Humphrey Bogart & John Derek

1949

|Tokyo Joe

|Columbia

|Robert Lord

|Stuart Heisler

|Humphrey Bogart & Alexander Knox

1949

|And Baby Makes Three

|Columbia

|Robert Lord

|Henry Levin

|Robert Young & Barbara Hale

1950

|In a Lonely Place

|Columbia

|Robert Lord

|Nicholas Ray

|Humphrey Bogart & Gloria Grahame

|Added to the National Film Registry in 2007

1951

|Sirocco

|Columbia

|Robert Lord

|Curtis Bernhardt

|Humphrey Bogart & Lee J. Cobb

1951

|The Family Secret

|Columbia

|Robert Lord

|Henry Levin

|John Derek & Lee J. Cobb

1953

|Beat the Devil

|United Artists

|John Huston

|Humphrey Bogart & Jennifer Jones

|Co-produced with Romulus Films (UK); Screenplay by Truman Capote

References

= Bibliography =

{{cite book| last=Meyers| first=Jeffrey| title=Bogart: A Life in Hollywood| year=1997| publisher=Andre Deutsch| location=London| isbn=978-0-395-77399-4| url-access=registration| url=https://archive.org/details/bogartlifeinholl00meye}}

Category:Film production companies of the United States

Category:Entertainment companies based in California

Category:Entertainment companies established in 1948

Category:1948 establishments in California

Category:Defunct companies based in Greater Los Angeles

Category:Entertainment companies disestablished in 1955