Boxoffice International Pictures, Inc. was a film distributor owned by Harry Novak, who later used the alternate name Harry Novak Productions. It ceased operations in 2005.
Background Harry Novak was born in Chicago in 1928, and began working for RKO Pictures when he was a teenager. He started out by distributing posters and lobby cards to film exhibitors. He then enlisted in the Army, and after leaving the service, he returned to the company, which was now controlled by Howard Hughes. In his new position, he advanced to booking and selling films and designing ads.
In the 1960s, he started Boxoffice International Pictures. His films were mostly soft-core sexploitation, and featured rural settings and cornpone humor. He recycled the old stereotypes like the traveling salesman and the farmer's daughter; the city girl who goes wild after her first taste of moonshine; into sex comedies that "pandered to bumpkin clichés". The simulated sex portrayed in his films was poorly staged and photographed. In 1964, he used the pseudonym Seymour Tuchus and made the film "Dr Breedlove", a spoof of The Bride of Frankenstein and Dr Strangelove. The movie was a quick turnaround, he shot it in just six days. To avoid a lawsuit from Stanley Kubrick, he was forced to quickly rename it to Kiss Me Quick! .
Selected filmography
Title YearDirector Notes Lisa, Lisa1977Frederick R. FriedelThe Child 1977Robert VoskanianRattlers1976John McCauleyTanya1976Nate RodgersDr. Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks1974Dick RandallTower of Love 1974George Drazich The Sinful Dwarf1973Vidal RaskiSassy Sue 1973Bethel BuckalewPlease Don't Eat My Mother! 1973Carl MonsonA Scream in the Streets 1973Carl MonsonToys Are Not for Children 1972Stanley H. BrassloffRequiem for a Vampire1971Jean RollinThe Dark Side of Tomorrow1970Jack Deerson, Barbara PeetersA Girl Called Jules1970Tonino ValeriiThe Nude Vampire1970Jean RollinSinkhole1970Toshio OkuwakiBooby Trap1970Dwayne AveryTwo Thousand Weeks1969Tim BurstallAny Body...Any Way1968Charles RomineThe Muthers1968Donald A. DavisVenus in Furs1967Joseph MarzanoThe Girl with the Hungry Eyes1967William RotslerKiss Me Quick! 1964Peter Perry Jr.
Notes 1.Titles listed in common English title. 2.Directors listed with given names, ignoring pseudonyms and misspelled credits.
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