Equitable Motion Picture Company was a short-lived but influential silent film company. It was launched in 1915. It was headed by Arthur Spiegel. 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.
In 1915 the startup film company signed Margarita Fischer and Harry Pollard, and also signed Clara Kimball Young It took over the Horsley (David Horsley) studio in Bayonne, New Jersey.
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)
References
- The Moving Picture World. Chalmers Publishing Company. 1915. p. 631 – via Internet Archive.
- "Motography". 1 January 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ "WORLD FILM IN MERGER.; Acquires Stock of the Equitable -- A. Spiegel Heads New Concern". The New York Times. 29 January 1916.
- "The Moving Picture World". World Photographic Publishing Company. 1 January 2019 – via Google Books.
- Romain, Theresa St (1 January 2019). Margarita Fischer: A Biography of the Silent Film Star. McFarland. ISBN 9780786435524 – via Google Books.
- Slide, Anthony (25 February 2014). The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry. Routledge. ISBN 9781135925543 – via Google Books.