Mayflower Photoplay Company was a small independent company that produced a dozen films over three years, from 1919 to 1922. It was based in Boston. [1]
The company worked with filmmakers George Loane Tucker, Allan Dwan , Émile Chautard and Raoul Walsh. [2] Mayflower Photoplay Company made some films for Columbia Films run by Joseph P. Kennedy. [3]
Allan Dwan was a pioneering Canadian-born American motion picture director, producer, and screenwriter.
Huntley Ashworth Gordon was a Canadian actor who began his career in the Silent Film era.
Tony Gaudio, A.S.C. was an Italian-American cinematographer and sometimes is cited as the first to have created a montage sequence for a film.
May Allison was an American actress whose greatest success was achieved in the early part of the 20th century in silent films, although she also appeared on stage.
Gertrude Claire was an actress of the American stage and Hollywood silent motion pictures.
Mary Thurman was an American actress of the silent film era.
Mary Maguire Alden was an American motion picture and stage actress. She was one of the first Broadway actresses to work in Hollywood.
Eugenie Besserer was an American actress who starred in silent films and features of the early sound motion-picture era, beginning in 1910. Her most prominent role is that of the title character's mother in the first talkie film, The Jazz Singer.
Martha Mattox was an American silent film actress most notable for her role of Mammy Pleasant in the 1927 film The Cat and the Canary. She also played a role in Torrent (1926). She died from a heart ailment at age 53.
William V. Mong was an American film actor, screenwriter and director. He appeared in almost 200 films between 1910 and 1939. His directing (1911–1918) and screenwriting (1911–1922) were mostly for short films.
George Hackathorne was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1916 and 1939.
Arthur Henry Rosson was an English film director. From 1917 to 1948, Rosson directed 61 feature films. He also worked on many major films as a second unit director until 1960, particularly for Cecil B. DeMille.
Frankie Lee, was an American child actor. He appeared in 56 films between 1916 and 1925. Best remembered in the 1919 film The Miracle Man, he was the little boy on crutches healed by the phony faith healer just after Lon Chaney.
William C. Marshall was a Turkish-born American cinematographer. His career began in 1916 and ended in 1930. He served as cinematographer on the starring vehicles for such stars as Annette Kellerman, Marguerite Clark, Billie Burke, Elsie Ferguson, Wallace Reid, Rudolph Valentino, and Clara Bow. He died in Los Angeles in 1943 at age 58.
Joseph Johnson Dowling was an American stage and silent film actor.
Soldiers of Fortune is a lost 1919 American silent drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Wallace Beery. The film is based on the 1897 novel of the same name by Richard Harding Davis. The film was produced by the Mayflower Photoplay Company Richard Harding Davis's novel that inspired the film had already been brought to the screen in 1914 by William F. Haddock; Soldiers of Fortune had her starring Dustin Farnum. The subject of both the 1914 and 1919 films are based on the Spanish–American War. The 1919 film was shot in San Diego Fairgrounds at Balboa Park in San Diego, California. Distributed by Realart Pictures, the film was released in American theaters on November 22, 1919.
Associated Producers was an American film production and distribution company of the silent era. Inspired by the foundation of United Artists, the company brought together a group of leading film directors who hoped running their own company would given them greater financial and artistic control over their work. Those involved with the outfit included Allan Dwan, Marshall Neilan, Maurice Tourneur, Thomas H. Ince, Mack Sennett and George Loane Tucker Established in late 1919, the company chose not to release their films through United Artists as widely expected but to handle their own distribution. It was also announced that any other directors wishing to join the company would be welcomed. Future director Howard Hawks became involved raising finances for several pictures for the company.
Associated Exhibitors was an American film distribution company active during the silent era. The company did not produce its own pictures but released productions by independent producers, handling a mixture of low-budget and more prestigious films during the 1920s. Established in 1920, it had a close association with Pathe Exchange, another medium-sized American company.
The W. W. Hodkinson Corporation was a film distribution corporation active during the silent era. It was established and run by the pioneer William Wadsworth Hodkinson who had previously been instrumental in the foundation of Paramount Pictures. After being forced out from Paramount in 1916, Hodkinson briefly worked with Triangle Film before setting up his own independent distribution outfit in November 1917, purchasing Triangle's distribution network of film exchanges for $600,000. It distributed more than a hundred films from 1918 until 1924, sometimes through Pathe Exchange.
The Sin of Martha Queed is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Mary Thurman, Joseph J. Dowling and Eugenie Besserer.
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