Atlas Educational Film Company

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Atlas Educational Film Company was a film production business in Chicago, Illinois. It had a production studio at 1111 South Boulevard in Oak Park, [1] a former theater building designed by E. E. Roberts. It is still standing. [2] Addresses for the company were also listed as 3 Wabash Avenue [3] and 63 East Adams Street. Atlas was also a dealer of portable projectors, slides, and offered a catalog of educational slides and films. [4] [5]

C. A. Rehm was the company's secretary and a film was contracted for the building of his model home. [6]

In 1914 it was reported to be part of Atlas School Supply and offered "motion picture services" to schools and colleges. It advertised projector sales as well as educational films and slides. [3] In 1914 it was using 35 mm film. [7]

In 1918, the company was contracted to film a demonstration tour of power trucks. [8]

One of their movie soundtracks, titled "Radio magic", was recorded on wax cylinder by Victor Records. [9]

The Cleveland Public Library has a publication from the company titled Answers from Atlas. [10] The Smithsonian Institution holds a collection of trade catalogs issued by the company. [11]

Filmography

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