Apollo Pictures

Apollo Pictures Inc. was a film production company in the United States in 1917.[1][note 1]

The company was located in New York,[2] and was referred as "picture peal" by the Norfolk Daily News.[3]

Alma Hanlon starred in their films.[4] Harry R. Raver was president of the company.[5][6][7] It supplied films to their affiliated distributor Art Dramas Inc.[1][8]

John Sainpolis signed with the company to be in The Mystic Hour.[9]

Films

Notes

  1. ^ Not to be confused with more recent film producer that made films in 1980s including Rolling Vengeance.

References

  1. ^ a b "Raver Comes Back: Announces the Birth of Apollo Pictures With Himself as President-To Release Through Art Dramas". Moving Picture World and View Photographer. Vol. 30. World Photographic Publishing Company. December 23, 1916. p. 1793 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Apollo Pictures, Inc". The Editor. Vol. 44. Editor Publishing Company. December 30, 1916. p. 621 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Divorce Problem in "Pride and the Devil"". Norfolk Daily News. Norfolk, Nebraska. August 20, 1917. p. 3. Retrieved October 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b c "The Mystic Hour (1917)". American Film Institute. Retrieved October 9, 2025.
  5. ^ "Strand Friday". The Town Talk. Alexandria, Louisiana. August 9, 1917. p. 7. Retrieved October 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Harry R. Raver", Variety, p. 286, September 24, 1941
  7. ^ Vazzana, Eugene Michael (2001). Silent Film Necrology. McFarland. p. 434. ISBN 9780786410590 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ a b Slide, Anthony (February 25, 2014). The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry. Taylor & Francis. p. 1879. ISBN 9781135925611 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "Sainpolis to Appear at Murray Sunday". Richmond Palladium. Vol. 42, no. 233. August 11, 1917. Retrieved October 9, 2025 – via Hoosier State Chronicles (Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program).
  10. ^ "Art Dramas". The New York Dramatic Mirror. Vol. 77, no. 1. Dramatic Mirror Company. January 27, 1917. p. 51 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ "Rosie O'Grady (1917)". American Film Institute. Retrieved October 9, 2025.
  12. ^ "Jewel Theater". Santa Cruz Evening News. Santa Cruz, California. July 27, 1917. p. 2. Retrieved October 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ ""The Golden God"". Pictures and Picturegoer. Vol. 15. Odhams Limited. October 9, 1918. p. 603 – via Google Books.
  14. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List". Silent Era. Retrieved October 9, 2025.
  15. ^ McMahan, Alison (August 22, 2014). Alice Guy Blaché: Lost Visionary of the Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 264. ISBN 9781501302688 – via Google Books.
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