Founded
on June 17, 1947 in Lawrence, Kansas by Arthur H. Wolf and
Russell A. Mosser, Centron was an industrial/educational film
company. Centron would come to the forefront of the industrial
and educational film companies in the United States. Centron
competed with large companies on both coasts to become one
of the top producers of industrial/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. In
1981, Art and Russell sold Centron
to the Coronet division of Esquire, Inc. Charles and Hortense ‘Tensie’ Oldfather in conjunction with the University of Kansas Endowment Association later bought the studio and gifted the University of Kansas Film area of the Department of Theatre and Film.
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