William Steiner Productions

William Steiner Productions was a film company in the United States led by William Steiner. The company shot westerns. Based in New York, it operated in New Jersey, Texas and Hollywood, California.[1]

Steiner also started Jester Comedy Company that made comedy films in New Jersey.[2] Both of Steiner's film company's filmed at a studio in Cliffside Park, New Jersey.[3] Jester filmed two-reel comedies.[4] William A. Seiter directed films for Jester.[4]

William Steiner Productions was one of the film companies sued for use of a camera type.[5]

Filmography

Prior to William Steiner Productions

  • Prohibition (1915)[6][7]
  • The Yellow Menace (1916)[8]
  • The Recruit, Jester's first comedy[4]

William Steiner Productions

References

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  2. ^ Miller, Blair (October 15, 2024). "American Silent Film Comedies: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Persons, Studios and Terminology". McFarland – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Miller, Blair (October 15, 2024). "American Silent Film Comedies: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Persons, Studios and Terminology". McFarland – via Google Books.
  4. ^ a b c Slide, Anthony (February 25, 2014). "The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry". Routledge – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Nickelodeon". December 25, 1911 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Steinmetz, Jay Douglas (November 24, 2017). "Beyond Free Speech and Propaganda: The Political Development of Hollywood, 1907–1927". Bloomsbury Publishing USA – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Prohibition 1915". www.learnaboutmovieposters.com.
  8. ^ normanstudios.org/nsdrc/project/y-is-for-the-yellow-menace/
  9. ^ Katchmer, George A. (December 25, 1991). "Eighty Silent Film Stars: Biographies and Filmographies of the Obscure to the Well Known". McFarland – via Google Books.
  10. ^ Institute, American Film (December 25, 1997). "The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States". University of California Press – via Google Books.
  11. ^ "The Exhibitor". J. Emanuel Publications. December 25, 1924 – via Google Books.
  12. ^ Soister, John T.; Nicolella, Henry; Joyce, Steve (January 10, 2014). "American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929". McFarland – via Google Books.
  13. ^ Sherwood, Robert Emmet (December 25, 1923). "The Best Moving Pictures of 1922-23, Also Who's who in the Movies and the Yearbook of the American Screen". Small, Maynard – via Google Books.