Authors Film Company Explained

Author's Film Company was a film company in New York City from 1915 until 1918. An adaptation of Walt Mason's poem "The Dipper" was filmed in North Carolina. Addison J. Rothermel directed.^[1] In 1916, the firm released an Italian film retitled as Her Redemption about the sinking of the Lusitania.^[2] Plimpton Epic Film Company released through Author's Film Company.^[3]

Rothermel had stints at several film companies. His mother moved him and his brother Royale Valray Rothermel to a houseboat off Dyckman Street in New York City after her husband / their father died.^[4]

Filmography

• The Gorgona (1915)
• Alsace (1916)
• Her Redemption (1916)
• Love's Sacrifice (1916)
• The Silent Witness (1917)
• Madame Sherry (1917)
• The Crucible of Life (1918), an adaptation of Bartley Campbell's Broadway show Fairfax.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. News: Clipped From The Wilmington Morning Star. The Wilmington Morning Star. November 17, 1916. 3. newspapers.com.
2. Book: Bottomore, Stephen. The Titanic and Silent Cinema. December 12, 2000. The Projection Box. 9781903000007. Google Books.
3. Book: Slide, Anthony. The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry. February 25, 2014. Routledge. 9781135925543. Google Books.
4. Web site: From Dyckman Street to Treasure Island . 28 September 2014 .
5. Web site: Dramatic Mirror of Motion Pictures and the Stage. December 12, 1918. Dramatic Mirror Company. Google Books.
6. Web site: Motography. December 12, 1918. Google Books.