Yorke Film Corporation Explained

Yorke Film Corporation was a film company. The company's films were distributed by Metro Pictures. Fred J. Balshofer and Joseph Engel were involved with the company.^[1] Balshofer formed the company to produce films pairing the popular Harold Lockwood and May Allison. Lockwood died of influenza in 1918.^[2] The company relocated to Los Angeles and took over a studio from Nevada Film Company.^[3]

A photograph of Lockwood with two child actors was taken during production of Big Tremaine.^[4]

On December 2, 1916, May Allison was featured on the cover of Motography while she was part of Yorke Film Company.

Many of the films were shot on location.^[5]

Filmography

• The Masked Rider (1916),
• Pidgin Island (1916),
• Big Tremaine (1916)
• Mister 44 (1916)
• The River of Romance (1916 film)
• Paradise Garden (1917)
• The Hidden Spring (1917)
• The Avenging Trail (1917)
• The Promise (1917)^[6]
• The Winding Trail (1918 film)
• The Landloper (1918)
• Lend Me Your Name (1918)
• Pals First (1918)
• Broadway Bill (1918 film)
• Shadows of Suspicion (1919)
• The Great Romance (film) (1919)
• A Man of Honor (1919)
• The Haunted Pajamas (1917), a follow-up to Hidden Spring^[7]
• The Promise (Yorke film)
• Under Handicap
• Broadway Bill
• The Square Deceiver
• The Hidden Spring

Further reading

• One Reel a Week by Fred J. Balshofer, University of California Press (1967)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List.
2. Book: "Bare Knees" Flapper: The Life and Films of Virginia Lee Corbin. 9781476634258. Lussier. Tim. 2018-10-17.
3. Web site: The Moving Picture World. 1916.
4. Web site: Harold Lockwood and two child actors | Photograph. December 2003.
5. Web site: One Reel a Week. Balshofer. Fred J.. Miller. Arthur C..
6. Web site: Yorke Film Corp. https://web.archive.org/web/20230211105023/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9a1ea36f . dead . February 11, 2023 .
7. Web site: AFI|Catalog.