Peerless Pictures Studios Explained
Peerless Pictures, originally Peerless Features,[1] was an early film studio in the United States.[2] Jules Brulatour was a co-founder.[3] The Peerless studio was built in 1914 on Linwood Avenue in Fort Lee, New Jersey, when the town was the center of America's first motion picture industry. The company was merged along with a couple of other early studios into World Pictures.[4]
History
The firm was founded by Brulatour and Eclair president Charles Jourjon as Peerless Features.[5]
Clara Kimball Young left Vitagraph to join Peerless.[6]
At one point the studio publicized plans to develop Starin's Glen Island but the land purchase was never completed.
The studio buildings burned down on November 23, 1958.[7] A historical marker commemorates the location in Fort Lee, New Jersey where the World Pictures / Peerless studio on Lewis Street was located.[8]
Partial filmography
Notes and References
- Book: Bigham, Randy Bryan. Finding Dorothy: A Biography of Dorothy Gibson. April 11, 2014. Lulu.com. 9781105520082.
- Book: Koszarski, Richard. Fort Lee: The Film Town. January 30, 2004. Indiana University Press. 0861966538.
- Billboard, April 6, 1912, p. 15; Motography, December 5, 1914, p. 766.
- Book: Fort Lee: Birthplace of the Motion Picture Industry. April 4, 2006. Arcadia Publishing. 9780738545011. Google Books.
- Book: Bigham, Randy Bryan. Finding Dorothy: A Biography of Dorothy Gibson. April 11, 2014. Lulu.com. 9781105520082.
- Book: Barton, Ruth. Rex Ingram: Visionary Director of the Silent Screen. October 3, 2014. University Press of Kentucky. 9780813147116.
- News: Variety. World-Peerless. 20. November 26, 1958. Archive.org. June 9, 2019.
- Web site: World/Peerless & Metropolitan Studios Historical Marker. www.hmdb.org.
