VidAmerica, Inc.

History

VidAmerica, Inc. was originally formed in 1979 as VidAmerica as a rental service and a division of duplicator Video Corporation of America, to distribute films from United Artists and Avco Embassy Pictures,. It was expanded to special interest programs over time, including NFL Films and other sports titles.

In 1983, the company secured a distribution deal with Vestron Video to handle the company's titles. Distribution of the company's titles shifted to Lightning Video in 1985. In 1985, VCA merged with Technicolor to form VCA-Technicolor, Inc. and VidAmerica became incorporated as VidAmerica, Inc., and a year later, the company was sold off to Ronald O. Perelman, owners of Compact Video, who would sell the company a few years later.

In 1987, the company was reorganized, and the distribution deal with Vestron Video lapsed. In 1990, VidAmerica made an attempt to merge with Best Film & Video Corporation, but the deal failed. In 1992, the company collapsed, and its library was sold to United American Video Corporation.

Library

1980

VidAmerica originally had an exclusive rental contract with United Artists to distribute 20 of their films on home video, before the latter teamed up with Magnetic Video the following year.

1981

Catalog number	Title	Country of origin	Original year	Length	Version	MPAA rating	Film format	Tape count	Tape break placement (if applicable)	Color	Released	Note(s)
859	The Unseen From World Northal Corporation and Viacom International	USA	1980	91 min	TBD	R	Matted 1.85	1	N/A	Color	1981	1976 Viacom Enterprises "V of Doom" logo appears at the end.
888	Sugar Ray Robinson: Pound for Pound	TBD	TBD	?? min	TBD	NR	TBD	1	N/A	TBD	1981	TBD
906	The Bermuda Triangle From Sunn Classic Pictures and Viacom International	USA	1979	93 min	TBD	G	Matted 1.85	1	N/A	Color	1981	TBD
909	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn From Sunn Classic Pictures and Viacom International	USA	1981	97 min	TBD	NR	Academy	1	N/A	Color	1981	TBD
911	Gunga Din From RKO Radio Pictures	USA	1939	117 min	TBD	NR	Academy	1	N/A	Black and white	1981	TBD
924	King Kong From RKO Radio Pictures	USA	1933	100 min	TBD	NR	Academy	1	N/A	Black and white	1981	TBD
925	The Lincoln Conspiracy From Sunn Classic Pictures and Viacom International	USA	1977	87 min	TBD	G	Matted 1.85	1	N/A	Color	1981	TBD
936	Room Service	USA	1938	78 min	TBD	NR	Academy	1	N/A	Black and white	1981	TBD
944	The Thing From RKO Radio Pictures	USA	1951	87 min	TBD	NR	Academy	1	N/A	Black and white	1981	TBD
960	Grudge Fights	TBD	TBD	?? min	TBD	NR	TBD	1	N/A	TBD	1981	TBD
976	Vanessa From Intercontinental Releasing Corp.	West Germany	1977	91 min	English dubbed version	X	Matted 1.85	1	N/A	Color	1981	TBD
984	Son of Football Follies and highlights of Super Bowl XIV	TBD	TBD	?? min	TBD	NR	TBD	1	N/A	TBD	1981	TBD
988	The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena From Sunn Classic Pictures and Viacom International	USA	1976	93 min	TBD	G	TBD	1	N/A	Color	1981	TBD

1982

Catalog number	Title	Country of origin	Original year	Length	Version	MPAA rating	Film format	Tape count	Tape break placement (if applicable)	Color	Released	Note(s)
889	Joan of Arc From RKO Radio Pictures	UK	1948	100 min	TBD	NR	Academy	1	N/A	Color	1982	TBD
891	James Dean: The First American Teenager From Ziv International	USA/UK	1975	83 min	TBD	PG	Academy	1	N/A	Color	June 1982	Strangely, an MPAA "GP" rating card appears at the start of the film.
892	Hey, Abbott! From Ziv International	USA	1978	76 min	TBD	NR	Academy	1	N/A	Color/Black and white	June 1982	TBD
893	Kitty Foyle From RKO Radio Pictures	UK	1940	?? min	TBD	NR	Academy	1	N/A	Black and white	1982	TBD
948	Human Experiments	USA	1980	82 min	TBD	R	Matted 1.85	1	N/A	Color	1982	TBD