Centron Corporation

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Centron Corporation was a big industrial and educational movie production company. They specialized in classroom and corporate 16mm movies and VHS videocassettes.[1]

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It was created in 1947 in Lawrence, Kansas by Arthur H. Wolf and Russell A. Mosser.

Harold "Herk" Harvey was a big director at Centron. His 1962 movie Carnival of Souls was created with some people from Centron. John Clifford, a Centron screenwriter wrote the script for Carnival of Souls.

Centron won many awards for its movies. It is most famous for the Oscar nominated Leo Beuerman.[1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Kansas Historical Society (June 2008). "Centron Films Camera". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved July 6, 2019.

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