Balboa Amusement Producing Company

Balboa Amusement Producing Company
IndustryFilm
FoundedApril 1913 (1913-04)
Defunct1918

The Balboa Amusement Producing Company (also known as Balboa Studios, and Balboa Feature Film Company)[1] was a film production company in Long Beach, California, from 1913 to 1918[2] that produced more than 1000 films,[2] around 90% of which have been lost.[2]

Some of the notable silent film stars who worked at the studios during this time are Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton.[3] Charlie Chaplin also made three visits to the studios to visit Arbuckle's film shoots and to study studio management for his newly formed United Artists company.[4]

  1. ^ Justice, Fred C.; Smith, Tom R. (1914). Who's Who in the Film World: Being Biographies with Photographic Reproductions of Prominent Men and Women who Through Their Genius and Untiring Energy Have Contributed So Greatly Toward the Upbuilding of the Moving Picture Industry. Film World Publishing Company. p. 29.
  2. ^ a b c Harvey, Steve (2009-10-25). "The Movie Capital of Yore". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2016-10-25.
  3. ^ Jura, Jean-Jacques. "Balboa Research Archives". Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Important Milestones". California State University, Long Beach. Retrieved 3 October 2015.