The Producers (1967 film) Glazier budgeted the film at $1 million, and sought financiers. Half the money came from philanthropist Louis Wolfson, who liked the idea of laughing at a dictator, and the remainder, along with the distribution, was arranged by Joseph E. Levine of Embassy Pictures. Levine's only condition was to change the title, as he felt many distributors would not carry a picture named "Springtime for Hitler." Brooks renamed it "The Producers," considering it ironic as "these guys are anything but producers." As Brooks "couldn't think of anybody to direct it," eventually he decided to take the task for himself, even though
In the Name of the Law (1922 film) mutually self-serving. We had a low budget house hawking a low budget film to police departments starving for respectability. The police hoped the film would increase their image from bad-tempered dour automatons to family guys, just like you and I, but committed to maintaining the law. This movie also gave police a well-deserved chance to show off what they did and the services they provided. Often times, these police demonstrations were filmed and shown as a prologue to the movie. Another piece of the exploitation pie, as demonstrated in New York, included donating a percentage of the movie proceeds to