Nestor Film Company
| Nestor Studios
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| founding | 1909 |
| resolution | 1912 |
| Seat |
Bayonne, New Jersey Hollywood, California |
| management |
David Horsley William Horsley |
| Branch | Film production |
The Nestor Film Company , originally the Nestor Motion Picture Company , is an extinct film production company. It was founded in 1909 and merged with the film distributor Universal Film Manufacturing Company in 1912 .
history
The Nestor Film Company was founded in 1909 as an independent company of the Centaur Film Company and was based in Bayonne, New Jersey . It was run by the brothers David Horsley and William Horsley .
On October 27, 1911, Nestor opened the first Hollywood studio that was actually located in the Hollywood district. It was in the Blondeau Tavern house between Sunset Boulevard and Gower Street. The first film studio in Hollywood was built right behind the building.
Other film studios, which were actually located on the east coast of the USA, then also moved to Los Angeles. The mild California climate allowed filming all year round. Before that, the ambitious studio boss Al Christie had to commute between the east and west coasts, as popular silent films and the “ Mutt and Jeff ” cartoons were shot at these locations with the Horsley brothers . It was decided to set up three separate production companies. A Hollywood subsidiary, headed by Milton H. Fahrney, produced a weekly western while another company filmed a drama weekly through Tom Ricketts . A third company, led by Al Christie, handled the weekly "Mutt and Jeff" episode. The Horsley brothers stayed in New Jersey where they worked on the development and distribution of Hollywood films.
On May 20, 1912, Nestor merged with the Universal Film Manufacturing Company. Other film studios, including the Independent Moving Pictures Company of Carl Laemmle , also merged with Universal Studios. Nestor then became a brand that Universal continued to use until 1917.
Web links
- San Fernando Valley
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
- Photo of Universal City Nov. 24, 1913 by Bailey, Chas. Z.
- Universal Image collection on Flickr
Individual evidence
- ^ Nestor Film Company . Silent Era.
- ^ "Bronze Memorial Will Mark First Hollywood Studio Site." Los Angeles Times . Sep 25, 1940. p. A 1.
- ^ Moving Picture World, March 1917
- ↑ About Us: Universal Studios History
literature
- Cristina Stanca-Mustea: "Carl Laemmle - The man who invented Hollywood". Osburg Verlag 2013. ISBN 3955100057
- Christine Wunnicke : "Selig & Boggs. The Invention of Hollywood". Berenberg Verlag 2012. ISBN 3937834591