Pilot Films Corporation

Pilot Films Corporation, also known as Pilot Films Company,[1] was a short lived American independent film production company founded in 1913.[2] The company was located at 120 School St. in Yonkers, New York.[3] A maker of silent films, the first film it released was The Blacksmith's Story (1913), directed by Travers Vale.[2] Producing more than thirty films in the year 1913, it made several films starring the actress Lottie Pickford.[2] In addition to making films at its studio in Yonkers, it also leased Balboa Films to create films in California;[4] including the 1913 film Hoodman Blind directed by James Gordon.[5]

Citations

  1. ^ Jura & Bardin, p. 288
  2. ^ a b c Anthony Slide (2014). "Pilot Films Corporation". The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781135925611.
  3. ^ Codori, p. 102
  4. ^ Jura & Bardin, p. 17
  5. ^ Jura & Bardin, p. 27

Bibliography

  • Jeff Codori (2020). Film History Through Trade Journal Art, 1916-1920. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9781476676173.
  • Jean-Jacques Jura & Rodney Norman Bardin II (2015). Balboa Films: A History and Filmography of the Silent Film Studio. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9781476609010.
  • List of films made by Pilot Films Corporation at IMDb