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Oct 12, 2014 · Founded in 1896 by J Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith, the American Vitagraph Company was the first modern motion picture production company in the US. This is a short film of the studios ...
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Jan 23, 2009 · Tony Susnick and Kevin Lewis tour what was Vitagraph Film Studios in Brooklyn. Vitagraph was one of the pioneering film companies in the US. It is now famous for its smokestack that still...
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Jul 20, 2023 · Vitagraph started churning out a number of very short dramatic films and light comedies and also wasted no time making newsreels, famously capturing the Spanish American war in 1898 (although some films were “assisted” by staging naval battles in a bathtub at the studio).
Vitagraph Studios, also known as the Vitagraph Company of America, was a United States motion picture studio. It was founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York, as the American Vitagraph Company. By 1907, it was the most prolific American film production company, producing many famous silent films. [1]
Vitagraph Studios, also known as the Vitagraph Company of America, was a film studio founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York, originally titled the American Vitagraph Company. In the late 1900s, Vitagraph was one of the most prolific American film studios.
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Very prolific in its day and older than Hollywood itself, Vitagraph was not only one of the earliest film studios but it created one of the very first movie stars – and it’s usually credited with creating the very first animal star, too. It was also well respected by its contemporaries.
