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    The Kalem Company was an early American film studio founded in New York City in 1907. It was one of the first companies to make films abroad and to set...
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    away. In 1912 Kalem Company hired her and used her as an extra. As her roles grew she was invited to join their stock performance company, which was heading...
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    major US film companies and local foreign-branches (Edison, Biograph, Vitagraph, Essanay, Selig Polyscope, Lubin Manufacturing, Kalem Company, Star Film...
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    Ben Hur (1907 film) (category Kalem Company films)
    Sidney Olcott and Frank Oakes Rose, this "photoplay" was produced by the Kalem Company of New York City, and its scenes, including the climactic chariot race...
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  • estate (General Lew Wallace) brought suit against the Kalem Company, the Motion Picture Patents Company, and Gauntier for copyright infringement. The suit...
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  • Kalem Company was a former film studio in the United States. Kalem may also refer to: Kalem (magazine), a satirical magazine published in the period 1908–1911...
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    project and the premises and stage were taken over by a troupe from the Kalem Company of New York led by director J. P. McGowan. That same year, director...
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  • companies. A production company may specialize in producing their in-house films or own subsidiary development companies. Major production companies often...
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    Theatre Stock Company, she was highly praised for her role in the 1907 production of The Holy City. She later worked for the Kalem Company and was part...
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  • source materials still under copyright stems from case law. In 1907, the Kalem Company produced a one-reel silent film version of General Lew Wallace's novel...
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  • the Kalem Company by F. E. Dobson, an adept at this kind of work , who was for many years with the Biograph Company. The cost to the Kalem Company far...
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  • by George Melford Starring Jane Wolfe Production company Kalem Company Distributed by General Film Company Running time 5 reels Country United States...
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    financial backing from George Kleine, formed a new motion picture company called the Kalem Company and were able to lure the increasingly successful Olcott away...
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  • significant events. January 19 – Variety publishes its first film review. The Kalem Company founded in New York City by Frank J. Marion, Samuel Long, and George...
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  • The Cub Reporter's Temptation (category Kalem Company films)
    The Cub Reporter's Temptation is a 1913 American short silent film drama. The film starred Earle Foxe and Alice Joyce and Tom Moore in the lead roles....
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  • The Fire Coward (category Kalem Company films)
    The Fire Coward is a 1913 American short silent film drama. The film starred Earle Foxe, Irene Boyle, Stuart Holmes, and James B. Ross in the lead roles...
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  • animals. Kalem Company sent film crews to places in America and abroad to film stories in the actual places they were supposed to have happened. Kalem also...
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  • A Business Buccaneer (category Kalem Company films)
    Joyce Earle Foxe Cleo Madison Stuart Holmes Distributed by General Film Company Release date December 27, 1912 (1912-12-27) Country United States Languages...
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    The Drummer Girl of Vicksburg (category Kalem Company films)
    Girl of Vicksburg is a lost 1912 silent motion picture produced by Kalem Company of New York City and filmed in Jacksonville, Florida. With a storyline...
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  • The Combination of the Safe (category Kalem Company films)
    The Combination of the Safe is a 1912 American silent short film. The director is unknown. Stuart Holmes: The Detective Earle Foxe: Atland Harrison(Thief)...
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    From the Manger to the Cross (category Kalem Company films)
    Kalem released the film in October 1912 to critical acclaim. It saw a re-release in February 1919 following Vitagraph Studios' acquisition of Kalem....
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    film companies establish studios in town, including Kalem Studios, Metro Pictures (later MGM), Edison Studios, Majestic Films, King Bee Film Company, Vim...
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    Frank J. Marion (category American film production company founders)
    Using their last name initials KLM, they called their new venture the Kalem Company. Immediately successful, Marion proved to be an innovator and a businessman...
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    The Street Singer (1912 film) (category Kalem Company films)
    Alice Joyce as Pepita Produced by The Kalem Company Starring Earle Foxe Alice Joyce Distributed by General Film Company Release date September 13, 1912 (1912-09-13)...
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    former stage actor, he appeared in many motion pictures produced by Kalem Company and later moved to directing, becoming one of the silent screen's most...
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  • The Tell-Tale Message (category Kalem Company films)
    Tell-Tale Message Produced by The Kalem Company Starring Earle Foxe Hazel Neason Stuart Holmes Distributed by General Film Company Release date November 20, 1912 (1912-11-20)...
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    Battle of Pottsburg Bridge (category Kalem Company films)
    in February that year by the Kalem Company of New York City, the drama was filmed in northeastern Florida at the company's "winter studio", which was located...
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    A Desperate Chance (category Kalem Company films)
    A Desperate Chance is a 1913 American silent short starring Earle Foxe and Alice Hollister. Directed by Kenean Buel, the drama features the same cast and...
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  • The Young Millionaire (category Kalem Company films)
    Young Millionaire Produced by The Kalem Company Starring Earle Foxe Alice Joyce Distributed by General Film Company Release date November 13, 1912 (1912-11-13)...
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  • The County Fair (1912 film) (category Kalem Company films)
    Fair Starring Earle Foxe Alice Joyce Production company Kalem Company Distributed by General Film Company Release date 1912 (1912) Country United States...
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