Authors Film Company
Author's Film Company was a film company in New York City from 1915 until 1918. An adaptation of Walt Mason's poem "The Dipper" was filmed in North Carolina. Addison J. Rothermel directed.[1] In 1916, the firm released an Italian film retitled as Her Redemption about the sinking of the Lusitania.[2] Plimpton Epic Film Company released through Author's Film Company.[3]
Rothermel had stints at several film companies. His mother moved him and his brother Royale Valray Rothermel to a houseboat off Dyckman Street in New York City after her husband / their father died.[4]
Filmography
- The Gorgona (1915)
- Alsace (1916)
- Her Redemption (1916)
- Love's Sacrifice (1916)
- The Silent Witness (1917)
- Madame Sherry (1917)
- The Crucible of Life (1918), an adaptation of Bartley Campbell's Broadway show Fairfax.[5][6]
References
- "Clipped From The Wilmington Morning Star". The Wilmington Morning Star. November 17, 1916. p. 3 – via newspapers.com.
- Bottomore, Stephen (December 12, 2000). The Titanic and Silent Cinema. The Projection Box. ISBN 9781903000007 – via Google Books.
- Slide, Anthony (February 25, 2014). The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry. Routledge. ISBN 9781135925543 – via Google Books.
- "From Dyckman Street to Treasure Island". 28 September 2014.
- "Dramatic Mirror of Motion Pictures and the Stage". Dramatic Mirror Company. December 12, 1918 – via Google Books.
- "Motography". December 12, 1918 – via Google Books.
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