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American Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated
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| Type of Company |
Production company |
| Country of Origination |
United States of America |
| Years of Operation |
Formed October 1910
Active 1910 through 1915 |
| Company Principals |
Samuel S. Hutchinson, president
John R. Freuler, secretary and treasurer
Harry E. Aitken
Charles J. Hite
A.M. Kennedy, general manager (circa 1910)
R.R. Nehls, general manager
Charles Ziebarth, technical manager
G.P. Hamilton, superintendent, factory and studio (circa 1910)
A.L. Thompson, California studio manager |
| Company Offices |
6227-6235 Broadway Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Company Studios |
San Juan Capristrano, California, USA (through June 1912)
Santa Barbara, California, USA (June 1912 through 1915) |
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American Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, was formed by exchange owners who could no longer obtain films for rental and distribution. The Chicago company was initially staffed by managers and personnel from the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company. The company became American Film Company, Incorporated, in 1915.
Beauty Comedies was a brand name for the company’s series of short comedy films initiated in 1914. In 1915, Vogue Comedies became another short comedy brand name for the company.
References: Brownlow-Parade p. 97; Miller-Comedies p. 11 : MovPicWorld-19120106 p. 11.
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