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INTRODUCTION TO PIKE PRODUCTIONS IN 1966 |  |
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INTRODUCTION TO PIKE PRODUCTIONS IN 1966 | |
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Travis standing over him, Jim Pike signs a document. Jim is gone, and Travis doesn't remember what it was, but at the time it seemed important. Jim regularly visited Travis in Los Angeles after attending the NATO (National Association of Theater Owners), in Las Vegas -- today, CinemaCon. |
I left the East Coast in 1968, and have only rarely been back to visit. I know something about the early days of Pike Productions, because I was there, but I know little about what he did after I went West, except for what I found in a bundle of papers dedicated to his unfinished memoire. One particular entry, intended to update his entry in WHO's WHO IN MOTION PICTURES AND TELEVISION, I present here the way I found it. Pike, James A.. :b. Boston, MA Aug 15, 1922, d. Jan 4, e. Boston University, U.S. Army World War II,Film Director, WNAC-TV, Boston, MA. Vice President RKO General. Movie Producer: Feelin' Good, Demo Derby. Founded Pike Productions in 1958. Produced TV Commercials for national clients including Ford Motor Co. Silly Putty, Hasbro. Produced special sales films for companies that includedGillette, Raytheon, AT&T, Perini Corp, Boston Patriots. Produced political films for major candidates including Pres. John F. Kennedy, Sen. Edward Kennedy, Gov. John Volpe, MA; Gov. Endicott Peabody, MA; Sen. Leverette Saltonstall, MA; Mayor Kevin White, Boston. Company designed, produced and distributedspecial traailers for exhibitors in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Mexico,Chile, Argentina, Autralia and New Zealand. Member Variety Club of New England. Presidential Citation, Variety Club International.Thomas A. Yawkey Memorial Award, Jimmy Fund/Dana Farber Cancer Institute. My personal on-screen credits date from 1964, when my song Demo Derby was arranged and recorded by Arthur Korb and performed by the Rondels as the title theme of his first theatrical film, a crash-action, 28-minute featurette that played on the same bill with films starring Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and the Beatles, and his 1966 feature length, widesceen color musical comedy, Feelin' Good for which I wrote ten songs and performed 8 of them in the film. I returned from overseas too late to catch Demo Derby in theaters, but I do not a lot about its history, having interviewed my father for its DVD release and now the 50th Anniversary Edition in my online store at https://otherorldcottageindustries.com. |
| TOPIC: 3-PAGE TRIBUTE TO JAMES A. PIKE | SKIP |
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