Tilford Cinema Corporation

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Tilford Cinema Corporation
Company typePrivate
Industry Film production
Founded1920;105 years ago (1920)
Founders
  • Walter Ford Tilford
  • Thomas W. Switzler
Defunct1920s
Headquarters
New York, New York
,
United States
ProductsMotion pictures
Poster for Ramshackle House Ramshackle House poster.jpg
Poster for Ramshackle House

Tilford Cinema Corporation, also known as Tilford Cinema Studios, was a film studio headquartered in New York City with studio operations in Miami, Florida. Founded in 1920, it was an early adopter of the studio-for-hire contracting system. The company ceased production by the mid-1920s after a brief period of success.

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History

The business was established in 1920 and was led by Walter Ford Tilford and Thomas W. Switzler. [1] An ad for its services ran in a 1921 edition of Wid's Yearbook. [2] It was a pioneer in the studio for hire contracting system. [3]

The company provided sets and studio space for films such as The Purple Highway . [4] Tilford used Miami Studios buildings for production. [5]

In 1922, the company bought out Gotham Pictures. [6] Wiard Boppo Ihnen later became part owner and secretary. [7]

Despite initial optimism following the release of several financially successful films in 1924, the company ran short of financing and ceased production. [8]

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ "Motion Picture Daily: Formerly Exhibitors Daily Review and Motion Pictures Today". 1921.
  2. ↑ "Wid's Year Book". 1921.
  3. ↑ Koszarski, Richard (August 27, 2008). Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff. ISBN   978-0-8135-4552-3.
  4. ↑ "AFI|Catalog".
  5. ↑ "The Florida Historical Quarterly". July 1982.
  6. ↑ "Moving Picture World (Mar 1922)". New York, Chalmers Publishing Company. November 29, 1922 – via Internet Archive.
  7. ↑ "Special Collections | Margaret Herrick Library | Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences". collections.oscars.org.
  8. ↑ Nelson, Richard Alan (1983). "Palm Trees, Public Relations, and Promoters: Boosting Southeast Florida as a Motion Picture Empire, 1910-1930". The Florida Historical Quarterly. 61 (4): 383–403. JSTOR   30140680.
  9. ↑ Golden, Eve (November 30, 2007). Vernon and Irene Castle's Ragtime Revolution. ISBN   978-0-8131-7269-9.
  10. ↑ "Catalog of Copyright Entries". 1923.
  11. ↑ "Ramshackle House, 1924". silenthollywood.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2019.
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