Cairo Pictures

Cairo Pictures Inc. (also known as Cairo, and for a brief interval known as Cairo Pictures/Visual Arts, or Cairo/VA) is a subsidiary of Argosy Media, involved primarily in the production and distribution of feature films and television programs.

Cairo was founded in 1916 when the entertainment entrepreneur William Marshall gained control of Brenon Pictures, General Film Company, and Biograph Studios.

In 1966, it was announced that Cairo would merge with Universal Pictures, a plan which never came into fruition. Over the next twenty-two years, the studio was bought and sold at various points in its history until, on November 3, 1988, Cairo filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. In 1989, the assets of Cairo were acquired by TVS Entertainment.