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Triangle Film Corporation

Triangle Studios, 1916
Company type	Public
Industry	Film
Founded	July 1915
Founder	Harry and Roy Aitken
Defunct	1922
Fate	Absorbed
Headquarters	10202 West Washington Boulevard, Culver City, California, United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Adolph Zukor (Producer) Filmmakers: D.W. Griffith Thomas Ince Mack Sennett

Triangle Film Corporation (also known as Triangle Motion Picture Company) was a major American motion-picture studio, founded in July 1915 in Culver City, California and terminated 7 years later in 1922.

History

The studio was founded in July 1915 by Harry and Roy Aitken, two brothers from the Wisconsin farmlands who pioneered the studio system of Hollywood's Golden Age. Harry was also D. W. Griffith's partner at Reliance-Majestic Studios; both parted with the Mutual Film Corporation in the wake of The Birth of a Nation's unexpected success that year. Triangle was envisioned as a prestige studio based on the producing abilities of filmmakers D. W. Griffith, Thomas Ince and Mack Sennett.

The studio planned to open eight model theaters, but opened only three: the Knickerbocker in New York, the Chestnut Street Opera House in Philadelphia and the Studebaker Theatre in Chicago. They opened in 1915 and were all closed as unviable in 1916.

Eventually, the studio suffered from bloat. By 1917, producer Adolph Zukor had taken control of all of the studio's assets. In June 1917, Thomas H. Ince and Mack Sennett left the company and sold their remaining interests. In 1917, Triangle's distribution network of film exchanges were sold off to the W.W. Hodkinson company for $600,000 (equivalent to $14,000,000 in 2023). Goldwyn Pictures purchased the Triangle Studios in Culver City in 1918.

Triangle continued to produce films until 1919, when it ceased operations. Films using the Triangle name were still released to the general public until 1923.

Selected filmography

Main article: List of Triangle Film films

The Phantom (1916)
False to the Finish (1917)
Haunted by Himself (1917)
Her Busted Debut (1917)
Mystic Faces (1918)
Child of M'sieu (1919)

With the exception of Oh, Mabel Behave (1922), all of Triangle's films were released between 1915 and 1919. Most films were made on the West Coast, but some of Triangle's production took place in Fort Lee, New Jersey.

1915

1916

Fatty and Mabel Adrift
Peggy
He Did and He Didn't
His Hereafter
Bright Lights
Cinders of Love
Hell's Hinges
The Flying Torpedo
Hoodoo Ann
Mad Maid
The Raiders
His Wife's Mistakes
Bucking Society
His Bread and Butter
The Other Man
The Stepping Stone
Civilization
Rough Knight
A Dash of Courage
The Primal Lure
The Bugle Call
Going Straight
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
The Dividend
His First False Step
An Innocent Magdalene
Flirting with Fate
Our American Boys in the European War
Courtin' of Caliope Clew
The Winning Punch
Nell Dale's Men Folks
The French Milliner
The Patriot
Intolerance
The Dawn Maker
His Last Scent
The Return of Draw Egan
Pathways of Life
His Busted Trust
The Devil's Double
A Bachelor's Finish
The Little School Ma'am

1917

Heart Strategy
His Deadly Undertaking
When Hearts Collide
Done in Oil
Villa of the Movies
Dodging His Dream
Hobbled Hearts
A Self-Made Hero
His Rise and Tumble
Her Candy Kid
A Finished Product
Innocent Sinners
A Berth Scandal
Her Nature Dance
Her Finishing Touch
Her Birthday Knight
A Dog's Own Tale
Skirt Strategy
A Dishonest Burglar
His Criminal Career
Happiness
Her Torpedoed Love
His One Night Stand
A Laundry Clean-Up
The Little Yank
The Man Who Made Good
The Camera Cure
Twin Troubles
American – That's All
A Strange Transgressor
Dad's Downfall
Her Excellency, the Governor
The Flame of the Yukon
His Sudden Rival
The House of Scandal
The Mother Instinct
A Successful Failure
Sudden Jim
Borrowed Plumage
An Even Break
The Food Gamblers
Golden Rule Kate
His Cool Nerve
Master of His Home
They're Off
Wee Lady Betty
Wooden Shoes
Grafters
Her Donkey Love
The Man Hater
Ten of Diamonds
Idolators
Polly Ann
All at Sea
His Baby Doll
His Unconscious Conscience
Mountain Dew
Bond of Fear
The Devil Dodger
Flying Colors
Her Fickle Fortune
Broadway Arizona
His Saving Grace
The Sultan's Wife
The Tar Heel Warrior
Ashes of Hope
A Phantom Husband
One Shot Ross
Wild Sumac
Cassidy
The Firefly of Tough Luck
His Busy Day
The Stainless Barrier
Fighting Back
Up or Down?
Indiscreet Corinne
The Medicine Man
A Case at Law
The Fuel of Life
For Valour
The Regenerates
The Cold Deck
The Sudden Gentleman
Fanatics
The Learnin' of Jim Benton
The Ship of Doom
Because of a Woman
The Maternal Spark
A Counterfeit Scent
Until They Get Me
Framing Framers
The Gown of Destiny

1918

Without Honor
Betty Takes a Hand
His Hidden Shame
The Man Above the Law
I Love You
The Law's Outlaw
The Argument
The Flames of Chance
The Gun Woman
Her American Husband
The Hopper
Limousine Life
Captain of His Soul
Real Folks
From Two to Six
Keith of the Border
Little Red Decides
A Soul in Trust
Heiress for a Day
The Shoes That Danced
The Hard Rock Breed
The Sea Panther
Caught with the Goods
The Answer
Faith Endurin'
Innocent's Progress
Nancy Comes Home
The Love Brokers
The Vortex
The Boss of the Lazy Y
The Law of the Great Northwest
Who Killed Walton?
The Hand at the Window
Society for Sale
The Lonely Woman
Paying His Debt
An Honest Man
Mlle. Paulette
High Stakes
Her Decision
Wolves of the Border
Old Hartwell's Cub
Who Is to Blame?
Old Love for New
The Man Who Woke Up
The Red-Haired Cupid
The Last Rebel
Madame Sphinx
His Enemy, the Law
Station Content
Closin' In
You Can't Believe Everything
The Fly God
The Painted Lily
Everywoman's Husband
A Good Loser
Hell's End
Marked Cards
By Proxy
False Ambition
Beyond the Shadows
The Golden Fleece
Alias Mary Brown
The Price of Applause
Cactus Crandall
Shifting Sands
The Ghost Flower
High Tide
Daughter Angele
Wild Life
The Mask
Untamed
Mystic Faces
The Secret Code
The Atom
Desert Law
The Grey Parasol
Tony America
The Pretender
The Reckoning Day
Deuce Duncan
Love's Pay Day
The Silent Rider
Irish Eyes
Crown Jewels
Wife or Country

1919

Restless Souls
Secret Marriage
Child of M'sieu
A Wild Goose Chase
It's a Bear
The Little Rowdy
Toton the Apache
A Royal Democrat
A Regular Fellow
The Follies Girl
Taxi
The Water Lily
The Mayor of Filbert
The Root of Evil
Love's Prisoner
Upside Down
Prudence on Broadway
Muggsy
Little Miss Deputy
Mistaken Identity
One Against Many
Three Black Eyes

References

Merritt, Greg (2000). Celluloid Mavericks: The History of American Independent Film. Thunder's Mouth Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-56025-232-0.
Slide, Anthony (1994). Early American Cinema (2nd ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 90. ISBN 0-8108-2722-0.
King, Rob (2005). ""Made for the Masses with an Appeal to the Classes": The Triangle Film Corporation and the Failure of Highbrow Film Culture". Cinema Journal. 44 (2 (Winter, 2005)): 3–33. doi:10.1353/cj.2005.0009. JSTOR 3661092. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
^ Taves, Brian (2012). Thomas Ince: Hollywood's Independent Pioneer. University Press of Kentucky. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-8131-3422-2.
Kingsley, Grace (June 7, 1917). "Triangle Chiefs Quit; New Griffith Picture Is To Be Made On War Grounds". The Los Angeles Times. p. 3.
Lombardi p.74
"Studios and Films". Fort Lee Film Commission. Archived from the original on October 20, 2018. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
Fort Lee Film Commission (2006). Fort Lee: Birthplace of the Motion Picture Industry. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0738545015.
"Lot History". Sony Picture Museum. Sony Pictures Entertainment. p. 1. Archived from the original on February 5, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
Triangle Film Corporation (US) from the Internet Movie Database
Koszarski, Richard (2004). Fort Lee: The Film Town. Indiana University Press. p. 152. ISBN 0-86196-653-8.

Sources

Frederic Lombardi. Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studios. McFarland, 2013.

External links

(in French) La Triangle (1915–1919) – Cinéma : Archives, research and history at the Cinémathèque française
(in French) Strategic failure of the Triangle – Marc Vernet (Cinémarchives)

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