Film Booking Offices of America, registered as FBO Pictures Corp., was an American film studio of the silent era, a midsize producer and distributor of mostly low-budget films. The business began in 1
December 1921 Robertson-Cole ad, featuring Pauline Frederick and Sessue Hayakawa
Love and Learn (1924) was the tenth installment of The Telephone Girl, Alberta Vaughn's first FBO series of shorts. Not a true serial film, each of its "chapters" was a stand-alone tale.
Publicity photo of Fred Thomson, FBO's biggest box-office draw during the mid-1920s
FBO promotion often involved Joseph Kennedy's self-promotion. This image dominated the opening spread of FBO's massive coming attractions insert in the May 19, 1928, Exhibitors Herald.
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Major film studios are production and distribution companies that release a substantial number of films annually and consistently command a significant share of box office revenue in a given market. I
Universal Studios in Universal City, California
Paramount Pictures in Hollywood
Warner Bros. in Burbank, California
Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California