St. Louis Motion Picture Company

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]

1911 magazine advertisement
1911 ad from Moving Picture News

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]

Filmography

References

  1. "Motion Picture News". Motion Picture News Incorporated. June 2, 1912 via Google Books.
  2. 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.
  3. "The Moving Picture World". World Photographic Publishing Company. June 2, 1916 via Google Books.
  4. 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.
  5. "Glen Cavender Biography". Fandango.
  6. "JOHN F. SEITZ". cinematographers.nl.
  7. "Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: 'Mothers of Men' Promotes Women's Causes". May 23, 2016.
  8. "Clipping from The St. Louis Star and Times" via Newspapers.com.
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