Pilot Films Corporation
Pilot Films Corporation, also known as Pilot Films Company,[1] was a short lived American independent film production company founded in 1913.[2] The company was located at 120 School St. in Yonkers, New York.[3]
A maker of silent films, the first film it released was The Blacksmith's Story (1913), directed by Travers Vale.[2] Producing more than thirty films in the year 1913, it made several films starring the actress Lottie Pickford.[2] In addition to making films at its studio in Yonkers, it also leased Balboa Films to create films in California;[4] including the 1913 film Hoodman Blind directed by James Gordon.[5]
Partial filmography
- The Sure Tip (1913)
- The Bug Professor (1913)
- The Streets of New York (1913), extant with Dutch intertitles from Eye Filmmuseum.[6]
- School Days (1913), a comedy
- The Governor's Romance (1913), a drama
- For Old Time's Sake (1913), a drama
- When a Girl Loves (1913), a drama
- Child of the Hills (1913), a drama
- An Innocent Conspiracy (1913)
- The Code of the U.S.A. (1913)[7]
- The Power of the Sea (1913)
- Across the Continent (1914), a 4 part adaptation of Oliver Doud Byron's[8]
Citations
- ^ Jura & Bardin, p. 288
- ^ a b c Anthony Slide (2014). "Pilot Films Corporation". The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781135925611.
- ^ Codori, p. 102
- ^ Jura & Bardin, p. 17
- ^ Jura & Bardin, p. 27
- ^ "Streets of New York". YouTube. 24 June 2016.
- ^ "The Moving Picture World". 1913.
- ^ "The Moving Picture World". 1915.
Bibliography
- Jeff Codori (2020). Film History Through Trade Journal Art, 1916-1920. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9781476676173.
- Jean-Jacques Jura & Rodney Norman Bardin II (2015). Balboa Films: A History and Filmography of the Silent Film Studio. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9781476609010.