Méliès Star-Film
[American] |
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| Type of Company |
Production and distribution company |
| Country of Origination |
United States of America |
| Years of Operation |
November 1902 through 5 July 1917 |
| Company Principals |
Georges Méliès
Gaston Méliès, president (1902?-April 1915)
Paul Méliès, president (April 1915-July 1917) |
| Company Offices |
204 East 38th Street (late 1902) |
| Company Studios |
18th Avenue and 61st Street in Brooklyn, New York (circa 1909) |
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Méliès Star-Film [American] was an American company for Georges Méliès, controlled by his brother Gaston. A half-interest in the company was sold in November 1911 by Gaston Méliès to Vitagraph, who acquired the rights to the American Méliès negatives and became the distributor of new Méliès films. Gaston’s son Paul Méliès remained the president of the company after Gaston’s death in April 1915. The remaining assets of the company were purchased by The General Film Company, Incorporated, in early July 1917 in a stock exchange.
References: Robinson-Palace p. 134.
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