Aywon Film Corporation was an American film distribution company of the silent era. Founded in New York by Nathan Hirsh it was active between 1919 and 1929. [1] The company mainly released western and action films but also handled several foreign imports such as The Blue Danube , The Hands of Orlac , The Prude's Fall and The Pleasure Garden .
Its office was at 729 7th Avenue in New York City. [2]
Charles K. French was an American film actor, screenwriter and director who appeared in more than 240 films between 1909 and 1945.
Guinn Terrell Williams Jr. was an American actor who appeared in memorable westerns such as Dodge City (1939), Santa Fe Trail (1940), and The Comancheros (1961). He was nicknamed "Big Boy" as he was 6' 2" and had a muscular build from years of working on ranches and playing semi-pro and professional baseball, and at the height of his movie career was frequently billed above the title simply as Big Boy Williams or as "Big Boy" Guinn Williams on posters and in the film itself.
John Hartford Hoxie was an American rodeo performer and motion-picture actor whose career was most prominent in the silent film era of the 1910s through the 1930s. Hoxie is best recalled for his roles in Westerns and rarely strayed from the genre.
William Reeves Eason, known as B. Reeves Eason, was an American film director, actor and screenwriter. His directorial output was limited mainly to low-budget westerns and action pictures, but it was as a second-unit director and action specialist that he was best known. He was famous for staging spectacular battle scenes in war films and action scenes in large-budget westerns, but he acquired the nickname "Breezy" for his "breezy" attitude towards safety while staging his sequences—during the famous cavalry charge at the end of Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), so many horses were killed or injured so severely that they had to be euthanized that both the public and Hollywood itself were outraged, resulting in the selection of the American Humane Society by the beleaguered studios to provide representatives on the sets of all films using animals to ensure their safety.
Robert North Bradbury was an American film actor, director, and screenwriter. He directed 125 movies between 1918 and 1941, and is best known for directing early "Poverty Row"-produced Westerns starring John Wayne in the 1930s, and being the father of noted "cowboy actor" and film noir tough guy Bob Steele.
Lloyd Chauncey Ingraham was an American film actor and director.
Joseph W. Girard was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1911 and 1944. He was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.
Frank Rice was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1912 and 1936. He was born in Muskegon, Michigan, and died in Los Angeles, California of hepatitis. Rice was educated in Portland, Oregon.
Charles Hill Mailes was a Canadian actor of the silent era.
Harvey Harris Gates was an American screenwriter of the silent era. He wrote for more than 200 films between 1913 and 1948. He was born in Hawaii and died in Los Angeles, California.
James Warren Corey was an American actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1914 and 1948. He was born in Nebraska and died in Los Angeles, California. His grave is located at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery.
Harvey Thornton Clark was an American actor on stage and screen. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1915 and 1938. He was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, and died in Hollywood, California, from a heart attack.
Ben F. Wilson, was an American stage and film actor, director, producer and screenwriter of the silent era. He appeared in more than 210 films between 1911 and 1930. He also directed more than 130 films between 1912 and 1930. He starred as Inspector Cleek in a 1914 series of mystery shorts. He was born in Corning, Iowa in 1876, and died in Glendale, California in 1930 from heart disease.
Frank Howard Clark was an American screenwriter. He wrote for 100 films between 1913 and 1946. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and died in Los Angeles, California.
Roy Stewart was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1915 and 1933. He was born in San Diego, California. On April 26, 1933, he died at his Westwood, California, home, of a heart attack. He was 49 years old.
William J. Dyer was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in dozens of films, mostly Westerns and action films, between 1915 and 1933. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia and died in Hollywood, California. He was also credited as William Dyer and Bill Dyer.
Bill Patton was an American actor of the silent and early sound eras. Born in Amarillo, Texas, he debuted in the film industry in The Boss of the Lazy Y in 1918. After small roles in several films, he received his first starring role in 1921's Outlawed. Over the next six years he starred in more than 20 films. In 1927, he returned to smaller roles, which continued through the advent of talking pictures. His last performance on screen was in a small role in the classic The Picture of Dorian Gray in 1945. He died on December 12, 1951.
Jay Morley, was an American actor, active in silent films.
George W. Pyper (1886–1965) was an American screenwriter of the silent era. He was also a novelist. Pyper wrote the scripts for many productions made by FBO and Rayart Pictures, generally action films and westerns. He also worked on several serials for Universal Pictures.
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