Albuquerque Film Manufacturing Company

The Albuquerque Film Manufacturing Company, also known as the Albuquerque Film Company, was a film company[1] established in New Mexico and soon after reincorporated in Los Angeles during the silent film era. Gilbert P. Hamilton was its president.[2] It was established in 1913 and is known for the 3-reel westerns it produced. They were written by and star Dot Farley. Milton H. Fahrney directed. It also operated in Los Angeles in 1915 before going bankrupt in 1918.[3] The company released its Luna branded filmed through United Film Service.[4]

Hamilton joined the company from the St. Louis Motion Picture Company. Albuquerque Film Company was funded with $50,000 in stock.[5] News reports from December 1913 state cinematographer Homer Scott was filming with Buck Connors at Fort Bliss, Texas for the newly formed Albuquerque Film Company.[6][7] Perhaps the film was The First Law of Nature, a 3-reel film with Dot Farley and Connors, Albuquerque Company's first release.[8] Hamilton and Fahrney eventually moved on to Warner Bros.[5]

Santa Fe Trail Magazine did a feature on the new company and its major players in 1913.[9]

Nick Cogley and Archer MacMackin directed films for the company.

In August 1914 the company reincorporated with $200,000 in stock.[10]

Filmography
  • The Lust of the Red Man (1914)[11]
  • His Neighbor’s Pants, (1914) a low budget single reel film[12]
  • Soul Mates (1914)[13][14]
  • With Daddy's Aid (1915)
  • Pretty Policeman (1915)
  • Aunt Matilda Outwitted (1915)
  • Reuben's Busy Day (1914)

References
  1. "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". www.silentera.com.
  2. Bowser, Eileen (1994). The Transformation of Cinema, 1907–1915. University of California Press. p. 213. ISBN 978-0-520-08534-3.
  3. Slide, Anthony (2014). The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry. Taylor & Francis. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-135-92561-1.
  4. Langman, Larry (1992). A Guide to Silent Westerns. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-313-27858-7.
  5. The Moving Picture World. Chalmers Publishing Company. 1913. p. 1156.
  6. "Tenth Cavalry Will Soon Appear in the "Movies"". El Paso Herald. 19 December 1913. p. 16. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  7. "Mimic Battle is Staged for "Movies"". El Paso Herald. 19 December 1913. p. 2. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  8. "A New Type of "Westerns"". Motion Picture News. 14 February 1914. p. 22. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  9. Santa Fe Trail Magazine. 1. Santa Fe Publishing Company. 1913. pp. 91–92.
  10. Standard Corporation Service, Daily Revised. Standard Statistics Company, Incorporated. 1915. p. 3.
  11. "The Lust of the Red Man – 1914". Filmweb.no.
  12. Epting, Charles (2018-08-25). "No More Tears Over Lost Films". The Silent Film Quarterly. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
  13. "Soul mates / Albuquerque Film Manufacturing Company". LCCN 93517170. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  14. Soul mates. October 3, 1924. OCLC 29752307.
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