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Acme Film Distribution Corporation
GA
1921
Acme Film Distribution Corporation
GA
1921
Afro-American Film Company
MO
1914
Afro-American Film Company
MO
1914
Al Bartlett Film Manufacturing Company
GA
1913
Al Bartlett Film Manufacturing Company
GA
1913
Amegro Films
Amegro Films
American Foundation of Non-Violence
American Foundation of Non-Violence
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Anderson-Watkins Film Exhibition Company
IL
1913
Anderson-Watkins Film Exhibition Company
IL
1913
Argentina Sono Films S.A.C.I.
Argentina Sono Films S.A.C.I.
Aristo Film Corporation
GA
1920
Aristo Film Corporation
GA
1920
Arys Production
Arys Production
Associated Features, Inc.
Associated Features, Inc.
Astor Pictures Corporation
Astor Pictures Corporation
Ben Roy Productions
TX
1921
Ben Roy Productions
TX
1921
Biograph Company
Biograph Company
Birth of a Race Photoplay Corporation
1916
Birth of a Race Photoplay Corporation
1916
Black Western Film Company
MD
1922
Black Western Film Company
MD
1922
Blackburn Velde Productions
NY
1921
Blackburn Velde Productions
NY
1921
Bookertee Film Company
CA
1921
Bookertee Film Company
CA
1921
Carlyle Productions, Inc.
Carlyle Productions, Inc.
Charles H. Turpin
MO
1918
Charles H. Turpin
MO
1918
Cine-Tamaris
Cine-Tamaris
Cinema V Distributing, Inc.
Cinema V Distributing, Inc.
Cinemation Industries Inc.
Cinemation Industries Inc.
Classic Pictures, Inc.
Classic Pictures, Inc.
Colored Feature Photoplays
NJ
1921
Colored Feature Photoplays
NJ
1921
Colored Motion Picture Producers of America
MO
1926
Colored Motion Picture Producers of America
MO
1926
Colored Players Film Corporation of Philadelphia
PA
Colored Players Film Corporation of Philadelphia
PA
Colored and Indian Film Corporation
NY
1917
Colored and Indian Film Corporation
NY
1917
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Commonwealth United Corp
Commonwealth United Corp
Commonwealth United Entertainment, Inc.
Commonwealth United Entertainment, Inc.
Consolidated National Film Exchanges
Consolidated National Film Exchanges
Cotton Blossom Film Corporation
TX
1922
Cotton Blossom Film Corporation
TX
1922
Cumming & Paul Distributing Company
Cumming & Paul Distributing Company
Curleigh Productions Inc.
Curleigh Productions Inc.
D. I. Thomas
D. I. Thomas
DI CI MO
DI CI MO
Democracy Photoplay Corporation
DE
1918
Democracy Photoplay Corporation
DE
1918
Division of Films, US Department of War
Division of Films, US Department of War
Division of Films, US Department of War, Downing Film Company
Division of Films, US Department of War, Downing Film Company
Dixie National Pictures, Inc.
Dixie National Pictures, Inc.
Downing Film Company
NY
1919
Downing Film Company
NY
1919
Duart Film Laboratories
Duart Film Laboratories
Dunbar Film and Theatrical Co.
MD
1921
Dunbar Film and Theatrical Co.
MD
1921
E.S.&L. Colored Picture Photoplay Company
NY
1920
E.S.&L. Colored Picture Photoplay Company
NY
1920
Eagle-Lion Films, Inc.
Eagle-Lion Films, Inc.
Ebony Films Corporation
IL
1915
Ebony Films Corporation
IL
1915
Edison Manufacturing Company
Edison Manufacturing Company
Eloyce Gist
Eloyce Gist
Eva Johnson
Eva Johnson
Famous Artist Film Company
TX
1922
Famous Artist Film Company
TX
1922
Fife Production Company
IL
1922
Fife Production Company
IL
1922
Filmcraft Production
Filmcraft Production
Filmmakers’ Distribution Center
Filmmakers’ Distribution Center
Formosa Productions, Inc.
Formosa Productions, Inc.
Foster Photoplay Company
IL
1913
Foster Photoplay Company
IL
1913
Frederick Douglass Film Company
NJ
1919
Frederick Douglass Film Company
NJ
1919
Frohman Amusement Corporation
Frohman Amusement Corporation
Futurama Entertainment Corporation
Futurama Entertainment Corporation
Gate City Feature Film Company
MO
1921
Gate City Feature Film Company
MO
1921
General Film Company
General Film Company
George W. Broome Exhibition Company
MA
1910
George W. Broome Exhibition Company
MA
1910
Gifford Cochran Inc.
Gifford Cochran Inc.
Hammer Brothers
Hammer Brothers
Hammer Film Corporation
Hammer Film Corporation
Harbel Productions Inc.
Harbel Productions Inc.
Herald Pictures, Inc.
Herald Pictures, Inc.
Ira McGowan
Ira McGowan
J&J Company
J&J Company
James Gist
James Gist
Jenkins and Bourgeois
Jenkins and Bourgeois
Jewel Pictures Corporation
Jewel Pictures Corporation
John Krimsky
John Krimsky
L-Ko
CA
1916
L-Ko
CA
1916
Lincoln Motion Picture Company
CA
1916
Lincoln Motion Picture Company
CA
1916
Lincoln Pictures, Inc.
Lincoln Pictures, Inc.
Lomitas Productions Inc.
Lomitas Productions Inc.
Lone Star Motion Picture Company
TX
1922
Lone Star Motion Picture Company
TX
1922
Longridge Enterprises
Longridge Enterprises
Lowe’s Inc.
Lowe’s Inc.
Loyalty Film Company
CA
1920
Loyalty Film Company
CA
1920
Marlukin Productions
Marlukin Productions
Maron Films, Ltd.
Maron Films, Ltd.
Maurice Film Company
MI
1920
Maurice Film Company
MI
1920
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
Micheaux Book & Film Company, Inc.
Micheaux Book & Film Company, Inc.
Micheaux Film Company
Micheaux Film Company
Micheaux Film Corporation
VA
1918
Micheaux Film Corporation
VA
1918
Micheaux Pictures Corporation
Micheaux Pictures Corporation
Million Dollar Productions, Inc.
Million Dollar Productions, Inc.
Minoco Production
Minoco Production
Monumental Corporation
DC
1920
Monumental Corporation
DC
1920
Negro Marches On, Inc.
Negro Marches On, Inc.
Norman Film Manufacturing Company
FL
1920
Norman Film Manufacturing Company
FL
1920
Norman Films
FL
1920
Norman Films
FL
1920
North State
1921
North State
1921
O.P.E.R.A.
O.P.E.R.A.
Paman-Doris Productions
Paman-Doris Productions
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Peacock Photoplay Company
MA
1922
Peacock Photoplay Company
MA
1922
Peter P. Jones Photoplay Ltd.
IL
1914
Peter P. Jones Photoplay Ltd.
IL
1914
Progress Picture Producing Association
MO
1920
Progress Picture Producing Association
MO
1920
Pyramid Picture Corporation
IL
1920
Pyramid Picture Corporation
IL
1920
Quality Amusement Corporation
Quality Amusement Corporation
RCM Productions
RCM Productions
Reol Productions Corporation
NY
1920
Reol Productions Corporation
NY
1920
Rosebud Film Corporation
CA
1927
Rosebud Film Corporation
CA
1927
Royal Gardens Motion Picture Company
IL
1919
Royal Gardens Motion Picture Company
IL
1919
Sack Amusement Enterprises
Sack Amusement Enterprises
Sack Attractions
Sack Attractions
Screen Guild Productions Inc.
Screen Guild Productions Inc.
Selig Polyscope Company
Selig Polyscope Company
Seven Arts Inc.
Seven Arts Inc.
Shaft Productions Ltd.
Shaft Productions Ltd.
Sidney Buchman Enterprises
Sidney Buchman Enterprises
Sigma III Corporation
Sigma III Corporation
Sol C. Siegel Productions Inc.
Sol C. Siegel Productions Inc.
Soundies Distributing Corporation
Soundies Distributing Corporation
State Rights
State Rights
States’ Rights
States’ Rights
Superior Art Motion Pictures, Inc.
Superior Art Motion Pictures, Inc.
Supreme Pictures Corporation
Supreme Pictures Corporation
Take One Productions
Take One Productions
Toussaint Motion Picture Company
NY
1918
Toussaint Motion Picture Company
NY
1918
Trans-Lux Corporation
Trans-Lux Corporation
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Unique Film Company
IL
1916
Unique Film Company
IL
1916
United Artists
United Artists
United Artists Corporation
United Artists Corporation
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Western Film Production Company
MO
1921
Western Film Production Company
MO
1921
Whilco Film Corporation
NY
1921
Whilco Film Corporation
NY
1921
White Film Corporation
FL
1919
White Film Corporation
FL
1919
Winger Enterprises
Winger Enterprises
World Film Company
World Film Company
World Producing Corporation
World Producing Corporation
Yeah Inc.
Yeah Inc.
c, Marin Luther King Film Project
c, Marin Luther King Film Project
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