Equitable Motion Picture Corporation Explained

Equitable Motion Picture Company was a short-lived but influential silent film company. It was launched in 1915.^[1] It was headed by Arthur Spiegel.^[2] It distributed its films through William A. Brady's World Film Company. It was acquired by World Film in 1916, with the agreement signed on January 29, 1916, afterwards it was consolidated under Brady's control.^{[3] [4]}

In 1915 the startup film company signed Margarita Fischer and Harry Pollard,^[5] and also signed Clara Kimball Young It took over the Horsley (David Horsley) studio in Bayonne, New Jersey.^[6]

Cinematographer William C. Foster worked for Equitable.

Filmography

• The Warning (1915)
• The Cowardly Way (1915)
• The Woman in 47 (1916)
• The Shadow of a Doubt (1916)

External links

• IMDb page

Notes and References

1. Book: The Moving Picture World. 631. 1915. Chalmers Publishing Company. Internet Archive.
2. Web site: Motography. 1 January 2019. Google Books.
3. News: WORLD FILM IN MERGER.; Acquires Stock of the Equitable -- A. Spiegel Heads New Concern.. 29 January 1916. The New York Times.
4. Web site: The Moving Picture World. 1 January 2019. World Photographic Publishing Company. Google Books.
5. Book: Romain, Theresa St. Margarita Fischer: A Biography of the Silent Film Star. 1 January 2019. McFarland. Google Books. 9780786435524.
6. Book: Slide, Anthony. The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry. 25 February 2014. Routledge. Google Books. 9781135925543.