The Vitagraph Company
of America |
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| Type of Company |
Production and distribution company |
| Country of Origination |
United States of America |
| Years of Operation |
1900-1901, 1902-1925 |
| Company Principals |
J. Stuart Blackton, Albert E. Smith and William T. ‘Pop’ Rock |
| Company Offices |
Offices were moved in 190? to the Morton Building at 110-116 Nassau Street in New York, New York;
Brooklyn, New York (1906 through ?) |
| Company Studios |
94 Fourth Avenue, Bay Shore, New York, USA (circa 1915)
East 15th Street and Locust Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, USA (circa 1923)
1708 Talmadge Street, Hollywood, California, USA (circa 1923) |
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The Vitagraph Company of America, established on 15 February 1900, was originally the American Vitagraph Company. The company temporarily ceased production in January 1901 due to Edison patents lawsuits. The company resumed production after a distribution agreement was reached with Edison Manufacturing Company in 1902. By circa 1904, the company was again handling its own distribution. The company’s product was distributed by General Film Company (1911 through circa April 1915), and V-L-S-E, Incorporated, distributed Vitagraph output from circa 13 April 1915 through circa September 1916. The company was sold to Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated, on 20 April 1925. Production continued under the Vitagraph company name until circa 1927. Vitagraph was the longest-surviving American film company that was established in the 19th century.
References: Brownlow-Parade pp. 14, 15, 16, 379, 569; Robinson-Palace p. 113 : with additional information provided by Andrew Cohen.
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