Woolner Brothers

After US Army service in World War II, Lawrence started a New Orleans drive-in theatre in 1948. His brother Bernard had previously opened the first drive-in theatre in Memphis. Like other drive-in owners, the Woolners advanced money to low-budget B picture producers to finance their product. Their first release was Roger Corman's Swamp Women, followed by Corman's Teenage Doll, both released through Allied Artists. Bernard Woolner produced the financially successful Attack of the 50 Foot Woman in 1958. Lawrence later became a partner in Corman's New World Pictures in 1970 as President in charge of Sales and Distribution, but left with two other members of New World to join Kinney National Company, which would later become Warner Communications, and form Dimension Pictures in 1971. ==Woolner Bros. releases==

• Swamp Women (1956) • Teenage Doll (1957) • Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958) (produced by Bernard Woolner) • Hercules Conquers Atlantis/Hercules and the Captive Women (1961) • Hercules in the Haunted World (1961) • Flight of the Lost Balloon (1962) • Castle of Blood (1964) • Castle of the Living Dead (1964) • Blood and Black Lace (1965) • The Human Duplicators (1965) • Mutiny in Outer Space (1965) • The Las Vegas Hillbillys (1966) • Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967) • Lightning Bolt (1967) • Red Dragon (1967) • The Sin of Adam and Eve (1969) ==References==