Rex Motion Picture Company

Rex Motion Picture Company was an early film production company in the United States.

History

After Edwin S. Porter's short-lived Defender Film Company failed, The Rex Motion Picture Company was established by Edwin S. Porter, Joseph Engel, and William Swanson.^[1] Rex, based at 573–579 11th Avenue, New York City.^[2] produced dozens of films from 1910 into 1917.^[3] It adopted a crown emblem.^{[citation needed]}

Lois Weber established herself in the film industry at Rex.

Rex acquired Gem Motion Picture Company film properties and released them in 1912 under its own banner and later Universal's.^{[citation needed]} Rex was one of the studios that combined to form Universal Pictures under Carl Laemmle's leadership.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

By the Light of the Moon (film) (1911)
The Vagabond (1911), a drama
Sherlock Holmes, Jr. (1911)
Her Way (1911)
The Artist Financier (1911), a drama
The White Red Man (1911), drama
The Colonel's Daughter (1911), a drama^[4]
Castles in the Air (1911)^[5] a comedy
Leaves in the Storm (1912), extant
The Fine Feathers (1912), extant
A Japanese Idyll (1912), extant
The Honor of the Family (1912), lost
Suspense, extant
Symphony of Souls^[6] (1914)
The Heart of the Hills (1914)
Alas and Alack (1915), partial print is extant
All for Peggy (1915), lost
The Stronger Mind (1915), lost
Cross Purposes (1916)
Unmasked (1917)

References

^ Musser, Charles (1991). "13: Postscript". Before the Nickelodeon: Edwin S. Porter and the Edison Manufacturing Company. Berkeley; Los Angeles; Oxford: University of California Press. p. 359. Retrieved 17 April 2022. UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004
^ Moving Picture World 8:6 (February 11, 1911): 283.
^ "Rex Motion Picture Company". BFI. Archived from the original on October 7, 2019.
^ "Motion Picture News". 1911.
^ "Motion Picture News". 1911.
^ Gmür, Leonhard (November 14, 2013). Rex Ingram: Hollywood's Rebel of the Silver Screen. epubli. ISBN 9783844246018 – via Google Books.

[1] Musser, Charles (1991). "13: Postscript". Before the Nickelodeon: Edwin S. Porter and the Edison Manufacturing Company. Berkeley; Los Angeles; Oxford: University of California Press. p. 359. Retrieved 17 April 2022. UC Press E-Books Collection, 1982-2004

[2] Moving Picture World 8:6 (February 11, 1911): 283.

[3] "Rex Motion Picture Company". BFI. Archived from the original on October 7, 2019.

[eleven-4] "Motion Picture News". 1911.

[5] "Motion Picture News". 1911.

[6] Gmür, Leonhard (November 14, 2013). Rex Ingram: Hollywood's Rebel of the Silver Screen. epubli. ISBN 9783844246018 – via Google Books.

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