Cinema Research Corporation

[2] Cinema Research Corporation was founded in 1953 by Charles Pati from Brooklyn, New York.

By the end of that decade, he owned the largest special effects studio in Hollywood.

His company, Cinema Research Corporation did titles, opticals, trailers, and special effects.

CRC was an early pioneer in the special effects community, and evolved into all areas of film related to pre- and post-production, until Charlie Pati died in 2000 at 86 years old.

Charles Pati's passing ended Cinema Research Corporation, however others have used a DBA (Doing Business As) CRC, but none succeeded, and all are now defunct.

Business card for CEO of Cinema Research Corporation from 1971 with old area code for Hollywood, California with defunct phone number.