Yorke Film Corporation

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Yorke Film Corporation was a film company. The company's films were distributed by Metro Pictures. Fred J. Balshofer and Joseph Engel were involved with the company. [1] Balshofer formed the company to produce films pairing the popular Harold Lockwood and May Allison. Lockwood died of influenza in 1918. [2] The company relocated to Los Angeles and took over a studio from Nevada Film Company. [3]

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A photograph of Lockwood with two child actors was taken during production of Big Tremaine . [4]

On December 2, 1916, May Allison was featured on the cover of Motography while she was part of Yorke Film Company.

Many of the films were shot on location. [5]

Filmography

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References

  1. "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List".
  2. Lussier, Tim (2018-10-17). "Bare Knees" Flapper: The Life and Films of Virginia Lee Corbin. ISBN   9781476634258.
  3. "The Moving Picture World". 1916.
  4. "Harold Lockwood and two child actors | Photograph". December 2003.
  5. Balshofer, Fred J.; Miller, Arthur C. "One Reel a Week".
  6. "Yorke Film Corp". Archived from the original on February 11, 2023.
  7. "AFI|Catalog".