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Reportedly the most miserly of all the independent producers in and around Hollywood's notorious Gower Gulch, former distributor William Pizor produced Western series starring Al Hoxie and old-timer Fred Church (renamed for the occasion Montana Bill), plus an Our Gang rip-off featuring a terrible child performer named Jackie Daily. Some of Pizor's little Western blunders were produced at the La Mesa studios in San Diego, CA, where the producer borrowed "talent" from a local acting school. In the sound era, Pizor headed both Capital Pictures Corp. and Imperial Distribution Corp., purveyors of short subjects and inexpensive Westerns. Veteran cowboy star Tim McCoy sued him for breach of contract in 1939, winning 37,000 dollars. Pizor lost Imperial and disappeared from the scene for a while but returned in the late '40s in a minor capacity with poverty row newcomer Screen Guild. The now-veteran producer ended his long career heading foreign distribution for Lippert Pictures. A son, Irwin Pizor (1917-1997), also entered the independent producing field.