Columbia and Metromedia
In 1968, Fries became Vice President In Charge of Feature Film Production for Columbia Pictures, where he worked on theatrical films such as Castle Keep with Burt Lancaster, The Horseman with Jack Palance, Five Easy Pieces with Jack Nicholson and Getting Straight with Elliott Gould and Candice Bergen.
After two years at Columbia, Fries became Executive Vice President In Charge of Production for Metromedia, where he produced and supervised 26 movies for television and 13 television series, including The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau. It was at Metromedia that Fries began to form his reputation as the "godfather" of the television movie.
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