Equitable Motion Picture Corporation

Equitable Motion Picture Company was a short-lived but influential silent film company. It was launched in 1915.^[1] It was headed by Arthur Spiegel.^[2] It distributed its films through William A. Brady's World Film Company.^[3] It was acquired by World Film in 1916, with the agreement signed on January 29, 1916, afterwards it was consolidated under Brady's control.^[3][4]

In 1915 the startup film company signed Margarita Fischer and Harry Pollard,^[5] and also signed Clara Kimball Young^[3] It took over the Horsley (David Horsley) studio in Bayonne, New Jersey.^[6]

Cinematographer William C. Foster worked for Equitable.

Filmography

• The Warning (1915)
• The Cowardly Way (1915)
• The Woman in 47 (1916)
• The Shadow of a Doubt (1916)