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U.S. Motion Picture Corporation  
Type of Company Production company
Country of Origination United States of America
Years of Operation Incorporated 1915
Active circa 1916 through 1920
Discontinued operations in 1920
Company Principals James O. Walsh, president
F.W. Hermann, vice-president
D.L. Hart, treasurer
Company Offices Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
Company Studios Forty Fort, Pennsylvania, USA

U.S. Motion Picture Corporation (alternately listed as U.S. Motion Pictures Corporation in 1919 film credits) made comedy short films under the Black Diamond Comedies (circa 1917) and Rainbow Comedies (circa 1918). Their films were rereleased in reedited and retitled versions under the Unique Comedies brand in 1919. Their productions were distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation circa 1916 through circa 1917, and by Arrow Film Corporation circa 1919.

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