PLAY: Andy's Dog Day (1921) by Wallace A. Carlson for Celebrated Players Film Corporation. An animated film with balloon texts, this short features the character Andy Gump, who is repeatedly harassed by dogs (duration 05:54).
In 1914, the company purchased the former headquarters of New York City's Ninth Mounted Cavalry unit at 221 West 26th Street in Manhattan.[1] The cavernous brick building made excellent filming space for Zukor, and the modernized site is still used today as Chelsea Television Studios.[1]
Hiring its performers straight from the New York City stage, Famous Players had an early roster of some of the city's biggest names including Marguerite Clark, Hazel Dawn, and H. B. Warner.[1] The company also featured cinema's biggest star of the era, Mary Pickford, and presented theater idol John Barrymore in his first two feature films.[1] The company produced both short and feature-length productions.
In 1915, the company established Famous Players Fiction Studios at 5300 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. The new studio's first film starred Mary Pickford.[3] The studio later became Clune Studio, then California Studio, then Gross-Krasne,[4] followed by Producers Studios Inc., and is now known as Raleigh Studios.[5] Raleigh Studios is known for being the site of Gunsmoke,Perry Mason, and Let's Make a Deal. It is one of the oldest studios in Hollywood.[citation needed]
^ abcdAlleman, Richard (2005). New York: The Movie Lover's Guide. New York City: Broadway Books. p. 231. ISBN0-7679-1634-4.
^"$12,500,000 MERGER OF FILM COMPANIES; Famous Players and Jesse L. Lasky Feature Unite in a New Corporation. ADOLPH ZUKOR, PRESIDENT Consolidate to Meet Present Conditions ;- 84 Pictures a Year to be Distributed by Paramount". The New York Times. 1916-06-29. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
famous, players, film, company, film, company, founded, 1912, adolph, zukor, partnership, with, frohman, brothers, powerful, york, city, theatre, owners, producers, industrymotion, picturesfoundedmay, 1912, years, 1912, founderadolph, zukordefunct1916, years, . The Famous Players Film Company was a film company founded in 1912 by Adolph Zukor in partnership with the Frohman brothers powerful New York City theatre owners and producers The Famous Players Film CompanyIndustryMotion picturesFoundedMay 8 1912 111 years ago 1912 05 08 FounderAdolph ZukorDefunct1916 108 years ago 1916 FateCorporate mergerSuccessorsFamous Players LaskyParamount PicturesHeadquartersHollywood California United States source source source source source PLAY Andy s Dog Day 1921 by Wallace A Carlson for Celebrated Players Film Corporation An animated film with balloon texts this short features the character Andy Gump who is repeatedly harassed by dogs duration 05 54 Contents 1 History 1 1 Famous Players Fiction Studios 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory editDiscussions to form the company were held at The Lambs a famous theater club where Charles and Daniel Frohman were members citation needed The company advertised Famous Players in Famous Plays and its first release was the French film Les Amours de la reine Elisabeth 1912 starring Sarah Bernhardt and Lou Tellegen Its first actual production was The Count of Monte Cristo 1912 released 1913 directed by Edwin S Porter and starring James O Neill the father of dramatist Eugene O Neill In 1914 the company purchased the former headquarters of New York City s Ninth Mounted Cavalry unit at 221 West 26th Street in Manhattan 1 The cavernous brick building made excellent filming space for Zukor and the modernized site is still used today as Chelsea Television Studios 1 Hiring its performers straight from the New York City stage Famous Players had an early roster of some of the city s biggest names including Marguerite Clark Hazel Dawn and H B Warner 1 The company also featured cinema s biggest star of the era Mary Pickford and presented theater idol John Barrymore in his first two feature films 1 The company produced both short and feature length productions In 1916 the company merged with the Jesse L Lasky Feature Play Company to form Famous Players Lasky Corporation which later became Paramount Pictures 2 Famous Players Fiction Studios edit In 1915 the company established Famous Players Fiction Studios at 5300 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood The new studio s first film starred Mary Pickford 3 The studio later became Clune Studio then California Studio then Gross Krasne 4 followed by Producers Studios Inc and is now known as Raleigh Studios 5 Raleigh Studios is known for being the site of Gunsmoke Perry Mason and Let s Make a Deal It is one of the oldest studios in Hollywood citation needed See also editFamous Players theatres Lists of Paramount Pictures filmsReferences edit a b c d Alleman Richard 2005 New York The Movie Lover s Guide New York City Broadway Books p 231 ISBN 0 7679 1634 4 12 500 000 MERGER OF FILM COMPANIES Famous Players and Jesse L Lasky Feature Unite in a New Corporation ADOLPH ZUKOR PRESIDENT Consolidate to Meet Present Conditions 84 Pictures a Year to be Distributed by Paramount The New York Times 1916 06 29 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2020 08 26 Raleigh Studios Archived May 26 2010 at the Wayback Machine Gross Krasne Buys California Studios The Billboard Archive 1894 1960 64 40 Nov 29 1952 11 Gary Wayne Raleigh Studios Seeing Stars com Retrieved 2013 10 10 External links editArmy Pictorial Center built in 1919 as Famous Players Studio now part of Kaufman Astoria Studios nbsp This article about an American film distributor or production company is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Famous Players Film Company amp oldid 1182047522, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
