| Industry | Silent films |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1916 in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States |
| Founder | |
| Defunct | March 1920 |
| Fate | The company became Louis J. Gasnier Productions from 1920-1940, then Monogram Pictures acquired the studio in 1941. |
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Astra Film Corp was an American film production company that produced silent films.[1] Louis J. Gasnier was the company's president. George B. Seitz co-founded it. It was making films by 1916. It became Louis J. Gasnier Productions after Seitz left.[2]
The studio operated in Jersey City, New Jersey before expanding to Fort Lee, New Jersey.[3]
The Fort Lee studio site at 1 Congress Street was acquired from Pathé in 1916.[4] The company distributed its films with Pathé. Rolin Studio in Los Angeles also worked with Pathé.[5]
The company's Hands Up serial included a storyline featuring the Inca.[6]
The studio produced Pathé's photoplay films including Stranded in Arcady. It was an adaptation of a story by Francis Lynde and starred Irene Castle. It was directed by Frank Hall Crane.[5]
The company also produced The Fatal Ring and The Seven Pearls serials.[5]
Arthur Miller worked for the company since at least 1916 working under director George Fitzmaurice and singing a contract with him personally.[7] Grace Darmond left Selig to work for the company.[when?]
- ^ "The Moving Picture World". World Photographic Publishing Company. November 7, 1916 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Silent Wierdness". silentwierdness.blogspot.com.
- ^ Koszarski, Richard (March 2, 2005). Fort Lee: The Film Town (1904-2004). Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780861969425 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Pathé Fort Lee – The Movie Studios". themoviestudios.com.
- ^ a b c "Motography". August 17, 1917.
- ^ "Motography". November 7, 1918 – via Google Books.
- ^ Koszarski, Richard (2005). Fort Lee : The Film Town. Indiana University Press. pp. 150–151. ISBN 978-0-86196-942-5.