By 1946 most of the Hollywood studios had abandoned low-budget productions and were making fewer films, leaving scores of actors and technicians underemployed.
Thus many of Lippert's features boasted familiar, famous-name casts: Veronica Lake, Zachary Scott, Buster Keaton, George Reeves, Ralph Byrd, Adele Jergens, Jean Parker, Vincent Price, Stuart Erwin, Don "Red" Barry, Robert Alda, Wally Vernon, Anne Gwynne, Jean Porter, Tom Neal, Russell Hayden, and other "star" names with marquee value.
Lippert also called upon certain character actors to play incidental roles in his films: Reed Hadley, Margia Dean, Mara Lynn, Jack Reitzen, Michael Whalen, and Phil Arnold among them.
The studio received surprisingly good notices for a series of dramatic features written by Samuel Fuller; the western I Shot Jesse James, the historical tale The Baron of Arizona, and the military drama The Steel Helmet[2][3][4] won special praise.
The success of this company, subsequently renamed Hammer Films, boosted Lippert's fortunes until the British outfit left him to begin signing deals with American major studios.