The Cinema Corporation of America was organized in 1925 as a holding company that owned the stock of the Producer's Distributing Corporation and a new subsidiary, Cecil B. DeMille Pictures Corporation, controlled jointly by Jeremiah Milbank and Cecil B. DeMille. DeMille's $2 million expenditure for "The King of Kings," although the film was quite successful, "created a crisis that threatened bankruptcy" and led to the merger of Producer's Distributing Corporation, the Keith Albee-Orpheum chain, and the Pathe Exchange in 1927. Cinema Corporation of America was kept in existence for the purpose of distributing "The King of Kings." It owned the copyright to that film, which was renewed in 1955. Through the work of the Cinema Corporation of America and its Vice-President Alan F. Martin, "The King of Kings" has been in constant theatrical and non-theatrical distribution since 1927. According to Robert Martin, his father "was the single reason 'The King of Kings' stayed available to the public for close to 40 years." In August 1971, Cinema Corporation of America sold all of its assets, including its copyright to "The King of Kings", to Modern Sound Pictures.
From the description of Cinema Corporation of America collection, 1925-1981 (inclusive) (bulk 1925-1932). (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 659520187
