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In 1951, two lawyers-turned-producers Arthur Krim and Robert Benjamin approached Pickford and Chaplin with a wild idea: let them take over United Artists for five years.
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In taking over UA, Krim and Benjamin created the first studio without a "studio.
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On the basis of its fantastic string of film and television hits in the 1960s, the company was an attractive property, and in 1967 Krim and Benjamin sold control of UA to the San Francisco-based insurance giant, Transamerica Corp.
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What Transamerica got was not just the UA name and library, but the expertise and experience of Krim, Benjamin and a team of others.
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Finally in 1978, following a dispute over administrative expenses, UA's top executives, including chairman Krim and president Benjamin, walked out.