Modern Film Distributors was the name of a film distribution

Film distribution

The distribution of a film is the process through which a movie is made available to watch for an audience by a film distributor...

 organization cartel

Cartel

A cartel is a formal agreement among competing firms. It is a formal organization of producers and manufacturers that agree to fix prices, marketing, and production. Cartels usually occur in an oligopolistic industry, where there is a small number of sellers and usually involve homogeneous products...

 formed by filmmakers in the 1940s. Following the success of the exploitation film

Exploitation film

Exploitation film is a type of film that is promoted by "exploiting" often lurid subject matter. The term "exploitation" is common in film marketing, used for all types of films to mean promotion or advertising. These films then need something to exploit, such as a big star, special effects, sex,...

 Mom and Dad

Mom and Dad

Mom and Dad is a feature-length 1945 film directed by William Beaudine, and largely produced by the exploitation filmmaker and presenter Kroger Babb. Mom and Dad is considered the most successful film within its genre of "sex hygiene" films...

, the four leading presenters of the time (including Kroger Babb

Kroger Babb

Howard W. "Kroger" Babb was an American film and television producer and showman. His marketing techniques were similar to a travelling salesman's, with roots in the medicine-show tradition...

) agreed to work together to book each others' films (Mom and Dad, Street Corner

Street Corner

Street Corner may refer to:* Street Corner , a black-and-white short film* Street Corner , a drama exploitation film* Street Corner , a black-and-white drama film...

, Because of Eve, and The Story of Bob and Sally) in various territories to reduce overlap and increase the profits for each party.

External links

• Kinsey Institute.
• Reason: "Kroger Babb's Roadshow," Joe Bob Briggs.