Tilford Cinema Corporation Explained

Industry:Film production
Hq Location City:New York, New York
Hq Location Country:United States

Tilford Cinema Corporation, also known as Tilford Cinema Studios, was a film studio business headquartered in New York City with film operations and studio activity in Miami, Florida.[1] It was a pioneer in the studio for hire contracting system.[2] The business was established in 1920 and was led by Walter Ford Tilford and Thomas W. Switzler.[3]

An ad for its services ran in a 1921 edition of Wid's Yearbook.[4] The business was run by Walter Ford (W. F.) Tilford.[5]

Sets and studio space for filming The Purple Highway were provided by Tilford.[6]

In 1922, Tilford bought out Gotham Pictures.[7]

Wiard Boppo Ihnen became part owner and secretary of the film company.[8]

Tilford used Miami Studios buildings.[9]

The company ran short of financing despite optimism after the three films shot at the Miami studio in 1924 becoming moneymakers. It folded and made no more films.[10]

Filmography

Notes and References

  1. Book: Slide, Anthony. The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry. February 25, 2014. Routledge. 9781135925543. Google Books.
  2. Book: Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff. 9780813545523. Koszarski. Richard. 2008-08-27.
  3. Web site: Motion Picture Daily: Formerly Exhibitors Daily Review and Motion Pictures Today. 1921.
  4. Web site: Wid's Year Book. 1921.
  5. Book: The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry. 9781135925543. Slide. Anthony. 2014-02-25.
  6. Web site: AFI|Catalog.
  7. Web site: Moving Picture World (Mar 1922). November 29, 1922. New York, Chalmers Publishing Company. Internet Archive.
  8. Web site: Special Collections | Margaret Herrick Library | Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. collections.oscars.org.
  9. Web site: The Florida Historical Quarterly. July 1982.
  10. Palm Trees, Public Relations, and Promoters: Boosting Southeast Florida as a Motion Picture Empire, 1910-1930. Nelson, Richard Alan. 1983. The Florida Historical Quarterly. 61. 4. 383–403. 30140680.
  11. Book: Vernon and Irene Castle's Ragtime Revolution. 978-0813172699. Golden. Eve. 2007-11-30.
  12. Web site: Catalog of Copyright Entries. 1923.
  13. Web site: Ramshackle House, 1924. silenthollywood.com.

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