Sono Art-World Wide Pictures was an American film distribution and production company that existed from 1927 to 1933. Among their feature films was
The Great GabboThe Great Gabbo is an American early sound film musical drama film directed by James Cruze, based on a story by Ben Hecht and starring Erich von Stroheim and Betty Compson....
(1929) starring
Erich von StroheimErich von Stroheim was an Austrian-born star of the silent film age, lauded for his directorial work in which he was a proto-auteur. As an actor, he is noted for his arrogant Teutonic character parts which led him to be described as "not a character actor, but what a character!"...
and directed by
James CruzeJames Cruze was a silent film actor and film director. He was born as Jens Vera Cruz Bosen. The Vera Cruz middle name came from the battle of Vera Cruz. He was raised in the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but did not practice the religion after his teenage years...
for James Cruze Productions, Inc. One of the last films distributed by the company was
A Study in ScarletA Study in Scarlet is a drama film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Anna May Wong and Reginald Owen as Sherlock Holmes. The title comes from the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle novel of the same name, however the story is original.-Cast:...
(1933) starring
Reginald OwenReginald Owen, or John Reginald Owen, was a British character actor known for playing in many film roles in British and American movies and later in television programs...
as Sherlock Holmes.
Sono Art was also the original U.S.
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Sono Art-World Wide Pictures was an American film distribution and production company that existed from 1927 to 1933. Among their feature films was
The Great GabboThe Great Gabbo is an American early sound film musical drama film directed by James Cruze, based on a story by Ben Hecht and starring Erich von Stroheim and Betty Compson....
(1929) starring
Erich von StroheimErich von Stroheim was an Austrian-born star of the silent film age, lauded for his directorial work in which he was a proto-auteur. As an actor, he is noted for his arrogant Teutonic character parts which led him to be described as "not a character actor, but what a character!"...
and directed by
James CruzeJames Cruze was a silent film actor and film director. He was born as Jens Vera Cruz Bosen. The Vera Cruz middle name came from the battle of Vera Cruz. He was raised in the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but did not practice the religion after his teenage years...
for James Cruze Productions, Inc. One of the last films distributed by the company was
A Study in ScarletA Study in Scarlet is a drama film directed by Edwin L. Marin and starring Anna May Wong and Reginald Owen as Sherlock Holmes. The title comes from the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle novel of the same name, however the story is original.-Cast:...
(1933) starring
Reginald OwenReginald Owen, or John Reginald Owen, was a British character actor known for playing in many film roles in British and American movies and later in television programs...
as Sherlock Holmes.
Sono Art was also the original U.S. distributor for four
Alfred HitchcockSir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was a British filmmaker and producer who pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in his native United Kingdom in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood...
films,
DownhillDownhill is a 1927 silent film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and based on the play Down Hill. It is Hitchcock's fourth film.-Plot:...
(1927),
Easy Virtue (1928),
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(1929), and
BlackmailBlackmail is a thriller/drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Anny Ondra, John Longden, and Cyril Ritchard, and featuring Donald Calthrop, Sara Allgood and Charles Paton. The film is based on the play Blackmail by Charles Bennett, as adapted by Hitchcock, with dialogue by Benn Levy...
(1929), as well as the British
Anna May WongAnna May Wong was an American actress, the first Chinese American movie star, and the first Asian American to become an international star...
vehicle
PiccadillyPiccadilly is a British film directed by Ewald André Dupont, written by Arnold Bennett and starring Anna May Wong, Gilda Gray and Jameson Thomas. The film was produced by British International Pictures and released by Wardour Films Ltd...
(1929).
In 1933, Sono-Art merged with Rayart pictures to form
Monogram PicturesMonogram Pictures Corporation was a Hollywood studio that produced and released films, most on low budgets, between 1931 and 1953, when the firm completed a transition to the name Allied Artists. Monogram is considered a leader among the smaller studios sometimes referred to collectively as Poverty...
.