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This is a list of films produced or distributed by Universal Pictures in 1912–1919, founded in 1912 as the Universal Film Manufacturing Company. It is the main motion picture production and distribution arm of Universal Studios, a subsidiary of the NBCUniversal division of Comcast.
The Raven (Eclair/ American Standard) a French-American co-production purporting to be the "true story" of Edgar Allan Poe's life, starring Guy Oliver and Muriel Ostriche; inspired by the poem by Edgar Allan Poe and incorporating images from eight of Poe's short stories (filmed in Fort Lee, Texas) [68]
The world's first film poster (to date), for 1895's L'Arroseur arrosé, by the Lumière brothers Rudolph Valentino in Blood and Sand, 1922. The first poster for a specific film, rather than a "magic lantern show", was based on an illustration by Marcellin Auzolle to promote the showing of the Lumiere Brothers film L'Arroseur arrosé at the Grand Café in Paris on December 26, 1895.
Poster for Ivanhoe (1913) Logo used from 1919 to 1923. The Universal Film Manufacturing Company was incorporated in New York City on April 30, 1912. [13] Laemmle, who emerged as president in July 1912, was the primary figure in the partnership with Dintenfass, Baumann, Kessel, Powers, Swanson, Horsley, and Brulatour.
September 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message) The following is a list of films originally produced and/or distributed theatrically by Paramount Pictures and released between 1912 and 1919.
Title Director Cast Genre Notes All for a Girl: Frederick A. Thomson: Dorothy Kelly, Leah Baird: Romantic comedy: At the Foot of the Ladder: Mignon Anderson, William Garwood: Romantic drama
The picture by December 1912 was being successfully marketed in Germany under the title Der Todesritt bei Balaklava ("The Death Ride at Balaklava"). [21] In Bombay (now Mumbai), The Times of India in its January 25, 1913, issue declares the Edison motion picture "magnificent" and ranks it as "one of the best war-films yet given to the public."
At around 5,000 feet it was one of the longest films to be released to date, [7] [10] [11] although the Kinemacolor documentary With Our King and Queen Through India released in February 1912 ran to 16,000 feet; [12] and another religious film The Miracle (the first full-colour feature film) - was released in the UK at 7,000 feet in December ...