| Nestor Film Company |
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| Type of Company |
Production company |
| Country of Origination |
United States of America |
| Years of Operation |
Formed late 1909 through circa June 1917 |
| Company Principals |
David Horsley and William Horsley
(W.G. Gilmore also associated with the company) |
| Company Offices |
New Jersey (circa 1912)
later Hollywood, California |
| Company Studios |
Sunset Boulevard at Gower Street in Hollywood, California |
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Nestor Film Company was the West Coast production unit of the Centaur Film Company, and established the first permanent film studio in Hollywood, California, on the current site of the CBS Television studios. Early productions were distributed by A.G. Whyte in New York, New York. The company was controlled and distributed by Universal beginning in June 1912, became a Universal brand name in January 1916.
References: Brownlow-Parade pp. 31, 32, 226; Robinson-Palace pp. 113, 116.
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