Equitable Motion Picture Company was a short-lived but influential silent film company. It was launched in 1915.[1] It was headed by Arthur Spiegel.[2] It distributed its films through William A. Brady's World Film Company.[3] It was acquired by World Film in 1916, with the agreement signed on January 29, 1916, afterwards it was consolidated under Brady's control.[3][4]
In 1915 the startup film company signed Margarita Fischer and Harry Pollard,[5] and also signed Clara Kimball Young[3] It took over the Horsley (David Horsley) studio in Bayonne, New Jersey.[6]
Cinematographer William C. Foster worked for Equitable.
Filmography
edit- The Warning (1915)
- The Cowardly Way (1915)
- The Woman in 47 (1916)
- The Shadow of a Doubt (1916)
References
edit- ^ The Moving Picture World. Chalmers Publishing Company. 1915. p. 631 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Motography". 1 January 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c "WORLD FILM IN MERGER.; Acquires Stock of the Equitable -- A. Spiegel Heads New Concern". The New York Times. 29 January 1916.
- ^ "The Moving Picture World". World Photographic Publishing Company. 1 January 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ Romain, Theresa St (1 January 2019). Margarita Fischer: A Biography of the Silent Film Star. McFarland. ISBN 9780786435524 – via Google Books.
- ^ Slide, Anthony (25 February 2014). The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry. Routledge. ISBN 9781135925543 – via Google Books.