A prime purveyor of exploitation pictures for over a third of a century, the Iowa-born Arkoff co-founded American International Pictures with his partner James H. Nicholson in 1954. Under the aegis of Nicholson and Arkoff, the company survived in a constricting industry by catering to the whims of the teenage trade. AIP's long (350-plus) roster of kitsch classics, running the gamut from horror to rock'n'roll, from juvenile delinquency to Italian musclemen, and from Edgar Allan Poe to Annette ...[Read Story]