Atlas Educational Film Company
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Atlas Educational Film Company was a film production business in Chicago, Illinois. It was located at 1111 South Boulevard in Oak Park.[1] Production was done in the former theater building designed by E. E. Roberts. It is still standing.[2] Address for the company were also listed as 3 Wabash Avenue[3] and 63 East Adams Street. The business was a dealer of portable projectors.[4][5]
C. A. Rehm was the company's secretary and a film was contracted for the building of his model home.[6]
In 1914 it was reported to be part of Atlas School Supply and offered "motion picture services" to schools and colleges. It advertised projector sales as well as educational films and slides.[3] In 1914 it was using 35 mm film.[7]
In 1918, the company was contracted to film a demonstration tour of pwoer trucks.[8]
One of their movie soundtracks, titled Radio magic, was recorded on wax cylinder by Victor Records.[9]
Filmography
- Along the Green Bay Trail (1922), extant
- Enemies of Youth (1925)
- My Home Town (1925)
- Making Blue Prints
- Elisha and the Shunnamite, portraying a biblical story[10]
- 500,000 to 1 (1954), extant film promoting Sinclair insecticides and docimenting the battle against bugs[11]
References
- ^ "Opportunities in the Motion Picture Industry: And how to Qualify for Positions in Its Many Branches". Photoplay Research Society, Bureau of Vocational Guidance. June 13, 1922 – via Google Books.
- ^ Inklebarger, Timothy (January 26, 2016). "Former theater building is back on the market". Oak Park.
- ^ a b "The American School Board Journal". Bruce Publishing Company. June 13, 1914 – via Google Books.
- ^ Limited, Alamy. "Stock Photo - Moving Picture Age (1920) . em, and let us tell you about projectors andfilms for educators. EDUCATION DEPARTMENT American Type Founders Company 300 Communipaw Ave. JERSEY CITY". Alamy.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "The High School". June 13, 1923 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Chicago Commerce". The Association. June 13, 1922 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Film gauges". www.nfsa.gov.au. July 8, 2010.
- ^ "Tractor World". June 13, 1918 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Atlas Educational Film Co., The - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu.
- ^ Education, University of Oklahoma University Extension Division Dept of Visual (June 13, 1922). "Visual Education". The University. – via Google Books.
- ^ https://www.filmpreservation.org/userfiles/image/PDFs/sponsored2017.pdf