Kay-Bee Pictures

Poster for The Coward
Ad for The Redskin Duel, a re-release of The Death Mask (1914)

Kay-Bee Pictures, or Kessel and Baumann, was an American silent film studio, and part of the New York Motion Picture Company. The company's mottos included, "every picture a headliner" and "Kay-Bee stands for Kessel and Baumann and Kessel and Baumann stands for quality", referring to Adam Kessel and Charles Baumann.[1] It was party of the New York Motion Picture Company and was used after a settlement with rival Universal Pictures to end the film division named 101 Bison.[2] Anna Little was one of its stars.[3] Its executives included Thomas Ince.

  1. ^ "Motion Picture News". Motion Picture News Incorporated. December 21, 1912 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Tasker, Yvonne (August 19, 2004). The Action and Adventure Cinema. Routledge. ISBN 9781134564941 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "To-day's Cinema News and Property Gazette". Amer. Company, Limited. December 21, 1913 – via Google Books.