Gem Motion Picture Company

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Motion Picture News page with images from Gem Motion Picture Company films
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Marion Leonard engagement illustration from 1911 published in Motion Picture News

Gem Motion Picture Company was an American silent-era film studio. It was co-founded by filmmaker Stanner E.V. Taylor and his wife, actress Marion Leonard in 1911. After management issues, the company evolved to primarily act as a producer of short comedies starring Billy Quirk.[citation needed]

Distribution

Gem film properties produced by Taylor and Leonard were sold to the Rex Motion Picture Company, which released them in 1912 under their own banner.[1] The company's films were released by Universal in 1913.[2]

Partial filmography

References

  1. Mahar, Karen Ward. Women Filmmakers in Early Hollywood. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p 63. Accessed 8 October 2015 ISBN 9780801890840
  2. Exhibitors' Times. Volume I. No. 2. 24 May 1913. p 31. Accessed 8 October 2015

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