American film production company
1911 magazine advertisement 1911 ad from Moving Picture News St. Louis Motion Picture Company was a film production company during the silent film era. It advertised its debut films A Gypsy's Love and Algernon's Busy Day in 1912.[1] In 1913 the company established itself in Santa Paula , California.[2]
St. Louis lawyer Oscar E. Goebel was the firm's initial president and treasurer.[3] In 1913, the company bought Melie's Motion Picture Studio.[4] [2]
Vaudevillian Glen Cavender began his film career with the company.[5] Cinematographer John F. Seitz followed Flying A executive Gilbert P. Hamilton to the company.[6] Filmmaker Willis Robards also worked for the company.[7]
In 1914, the company was contracted by the St. Louis Equal Suffrage League to produce a photoplay advancing the suffragist cause.[8]
^ "Motion Picture News" . Motion Picture News Incorporated. June 2, 1912 – via Google Books.
^ a b Jacobson, Brian R. (September 1, 2015). Studios Before the System: Architecture, Technology, and the Emergence of Cinematic Space . Columbia University Press. p. 256. ISBN 978-0-231-53966-1 . Retrieved June 26, 2019 – via Google Books.
^ "The Moving Picture World" . World Photographic Publishing Company. June 2, 1916 – via Google Books.
^ Nash, Bill (June 2, 2000). Oil, Orchards and Flames: The History of Firefighting in Santa Paula . Xlibris Corporation. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-7388-2871-8 . Retrieved June 26, 2019 – via Google Books.
^ "Glen Cavender Biography" . Fandango .
^ "JOHN F. SEITZ" . cinematographers.nl .
^ "Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: 'Mothers of Men' Promotes Women's Causes" . May 23, 2016.
^ "Clipping from The St. Louis Star and Times" – via Newspapers.com.