World Wide Pictures, Inc.

Religious film production company; formed in 1951 as a Billy Graham Evangelistic Association subsidiary to produce and distribute films, most of which would combine a fictional or true story of a person's conversion with scenes from an actual BGEA crusade; most films were available for distribution to churches, but occasionally to the general public through release in commercial theaters; WWP's presidents were Dick Ross and William Brown; until 1988, production was done in WWP's Burbank, CA, office; distribution was coordinated from WWP's Minneapolis office; Burbank office closed and operations consolidated in Minneapolis, 1988.

From the description of Annual report of World Wide Pictures, 1961. (Wheaton College). WorldCat record id: 31743326