Thanhouser Company
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The Thanhouser Company was one of the first motion picture studios, founded in 1909 by Edwin Thanhouser, his wife Gertrude and his brother-in-law Lloyd Lonergan. It operated in New York City until 192
British One Sheet, 1910s
A still from The Actor's Children. It shows the family with the father doing some theatrical acting for the amusement of his children.
Multiple silent-film scenes being simultaneously filmed under the glass roof of the Thanhouser studio, c. 1914. Visible are actors in costume, directors, cameramen, sets, a Klieg light, and four Pathé silent film cameras
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First National Pictures
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First National Pictures was an American motion picture production and distribution company. It was founded in 1917 as First National Exhibitors' Circuit, Inc., an association of independent theatre ow
Thanhouser Company
…Thanhouser Company Founded 1909, New Rochelle, New York Founder Edwin Thanhouser, Gertrude Thanhouser, Lloyd Lonergan Defunct 1920 Fate Absorbed into First National Attraction Products Film Website thanhouser.org British One Sheet, 1910s The Thanhouser Company (later the Thanhouser Film Corporation) was one of the first motion…
Thomas L. Tally (1915)
J. D. Williams (1921)
Poster for A Dog's Life (1918), Charlie Chaplin's first film under his $1 million contract with First National
First National Pictures studios in Burbank, California (c. 1928)