Vitagraph Studios

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Vitagraph Studios, also known as the Vitagraph Company of America, was a United States motion picture studio. It was founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York, as the American Vitagraph Company. By 1907, it was the most prolific American film production company, producing many famous silent films.[1] It was bought by Warner Bros. in 1925.

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Vitagraph Studios
IndustryMotion picture exhibition, distribution and production
Founded1897
Defunct1926
FateAcquired by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Subsequently folded into Warner Bros.
SuccessorThe Vitaphone Corporation
Headquarters
ProductsMotion pictures, film distribution
ParentIndependent (1914–1925)
Warner Bros. (1925)
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William T. Rock, Albert E. Smith and J. Stuart Blackton, 1916