Rex Motion Picture Company
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Rex Motion Picture Company was an early film production company in the United States.
History
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^
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.
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