Draft:Crystal Film Company
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Crystal Film Company was an early film company in the United States.
Ludwig Erb established Crystal Film Company[1]/ Crystal Productions, a split-reel comedy film producer that supplied Universal and then United Film Service. It partnered with other producers after United folded.[2] Joseph A. Golden partnered with Erb at Crystal.[3]
Pearl White starred in its films. Alan E. Freedman worked for it briefly.
The studio advertised it was available for rent.[4][5] Joseph A. Golden was its president.[6]
Actress and playwright Mrs. Celie G. Turner, stage name Celie Ellis,[7] sued the studio for an injury she sustained jumping from a branch while working at it in April 1914.[8][9] She won a $4,000 verdict but it was overturned on appeal.[10]
Hal Roach wrote to the studio.[8]
Films
[edit]- Alas, Poor Bunny (1911)[11]
- The Bargee's Daughter (1911)[12]
- Oh, Whiskers! (1913)
- How Men Propose (1913)
- The Mind Cure (1913), extant at the Library of Congress
- Pearl as a Detective (1913), extant
- Will Power (1913), extant
- An Innocent Bridegroom (1913), extant
- A Night in the Town (1913)
- The Girl Reporter (1913)[citation needed]
- How Moscha Came Back (1914), extant at the Library of Congress
References
[edit]- ^ Grau, Robert (October 12, 1914). "The Theatre of Science: A Volume of Progress and Achievement in the Motion Picture Industry". Broadway publishing Company – via Google Books.
- ^ Slide, Anthony (February 25, 2014). The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry. Routledge. ISBN 9781135925611 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Motion Picture News". Motion Picture News Incorporated. September 19, 1912 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Motion picture news studio directory (Apr 12 1917) - Lantern".
- ^ "Cinema News". 1919.
- ^ "Motion picture news studio directory (Oct 21 1916) - Lantern".
- ^ "Camera: A Practical Magazine for Photographers". Columbia Photographic Society. July 12, 1916 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Case on Appeal". 1916.
- ^ "New York Court of Appeals. Records and Briefs". 1916.
- ^ "Photoplay Magazine". 1916.
- ^ https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150110092
- ^ https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150121906