Albuquerque Film Manufacturing Company
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The Albuquerque Film Manufacturing Company, also known as the Albuquerque Film Company, was a film company in New Mexico during the silent film era. Gilbert P. Hamilton was its president.[1] It was established in 1913 and is known for the 3-reel westerns it produced. They were written by and star Dot Farley. Milton H. Fahrney directed. It also operated in Los Angeles in 1915 before going bankrupt in 1918.[2] The company released its Luna branded filmed through United Film Service.[3]
Hamilton joined the company from the St. Louis Motion Picture Company. Albuquerque Film Company was funded with $50,000 in stock.[4] News reports from December 1913 state cinematographer Homer Scott was filming with Buck Connors at Fort Bliss, Texas for the newly formed Albuquerque Film Company[5] Perhaps the film was The First Law of Nature, a 3-reel film with Dot Farley and Connors, Albuquerque Company's first release.[6] Hamilton and Fahrney moved on to Warner Bros.[7]
References
- ^ Bowser, Eileen (4 May 1994). "The Transformation of Cinema, 1907-1915". University of California Press – via Google Books.
- ^ Slide, Anthony (25 February 2014). "The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry". Routledge – via Google Books.
- ^ Langman, Larry (2 June 1992). "A Guide to Silent Westerns". Greenwood Publishing Group – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Moving Picture World". Chalmers Publishing Company. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Tenth Cavalry Will Soon Appear in the "Movies"", El Paso Herald, p. 16, 19 December 1913, retrieved 27 December 2013; also "Mimic Battle is Staged for "Movies"", El Paso Herald, p. 2, 19 December 1913, retrieved 27 December 2013
- ^ "A New Type of "Westerns"". Motion Picture News: 22. 14 February 1914. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
- ^ "The Moving Picture World". Chalmers Publishing Company. 2 June 2019 – via Google Books.