| Industry | Film Production and Distribution |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1919 |
| Founder | Otis B. Thayer |
| Defunct | 1923 |
| Headquarters | , |
(Left to right: H. Haller Murphy, Man, Man, Woman, David Townsend, Gretchen Wood, Dog, M. Jay Casey, Man, Vida Johnson, Man, Woman, Vernon L. Walker, Otis B. Thayer)
The Art-O-Graf Film Company was an American film production and distribution company founded by Otis B. Thayer that operated between 1919 and 1923 during the silent era.[1] Four time Academy Awards nominee Vernon L. Walker started his career as the head cameraman for the company.[2] Cameraman, William E. Smith, previously worked for Essanay Studios in Chicago. The company had offices in the Guardian Trust Building in Denver, Colorado, and Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The studio was at Englewood, Colorado.[3][4] The company also filmed in Grand Junction, Colorado and surrounding areas. Many of the films produced by the company are now considered lost, but a number still survive. Perhaps the company's best known film is Wolves of the Street, also known as The Wolves in Wall Street.[5]
- ^ "Film and Photography on the Front Range" by Pikes Peak Library District, 2012, page 129
- ^ "Serial film stars: a biographical dictionary, 1912-1956" by McFarland, 2005, page 179
- ^ "Katherine Anne Porter: an annotated bibliography" by Kathryn Hilt, Ruth M. Alvarez, Garland, Nov 1, 1990, page 93
- ^ "The Fox plan of photoplay writing" By Charles Donald Fox, Fox photoplay institute, 1922, page 161
- ^ "The best moving pictures of 1922-23" by Robert E Sherwood, Boston, Small, Maynard 1923, page 104