Centron Corporation was an industrial and educational film production company. Founded in 1947 in Lawrence, Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

Lawrence is the sixth largest city in the U.S. State of Kansas and the county seat of Douglas County. Located in northeastern Kansas, Lawrence is the anchor city of the Lawrence, Kansas, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Douglas County...

 by Arthur H. Wolf and Russell A. Mosser, Centron would come to the forefront of the industrial and educational film companies in the United States

United States

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. Centron competed with large companies on both coasts to become one of the top producers of industrial and educational films. The company was known for its high quality films, coming in on time and under budget. Centron won many awards for its films and claimed an Oscar nomination for the documentary Leo Beuerman

Leo Beuerman

Leo Beuerman is a 1969 short documentary film directed by Gene Boomer. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short....

. In 1981, Wolf and Mosser sold Centron to the Coronet

Coronet Films

Coronet Films was a producer and distributor of American educational films from 1946 to the early 1970s founded by David A. Smart...

 division of Esquire, Inc.

Harold "Herk" Harvey

Herk Harvey

Harold Arnold "Herk" Harvey was an American film director, actor, and film producer.-Early life:Harvey was born in Windsor, Colorado, the son of Everett and Minnie R. Prewitt Harvey. He grew up in Fort Collins and was a graduate of Fort Collins High School before serving in the U.S...

 was the principal director at Centron. His 1962 feature Carnival of Souls

Carnival of Souls

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was produced with several people associated with Centron. John Clifford, a Centron screenwriter wrote the script for Carnival of Souls.