Christie Film Company

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Al Christie's troupe, circa 1916.[1]

Christie Film Company was an American pioneer motion picture company founded in Hollywood, California by Al Christie and Charles Christie, two brothers from London, Ontario, Canada. It made comedies.

While Charles served almost exclusively in administration, it was Al Christie who made the films. Al had worked with David Horsley at his Centaur Film Company in Bayonne, New Jersey and moved to California on October 27, 1911, to run Nestor Studios, the first ever motion picture studio in Hollywood. The firm closed in 1933.

  1. ^ Standing, left to right: Harry Rattenbury, George French, Anton Nagy (cameraman), Al Christie, Eddie Barry, Charles Christie, unidentified cameraman, Horace Davis, unknown, Mr Lyons. Seated: Lee Moran, Ukulele Jane, Edie Lyons, Betty Compson, Billie Rhodes, Ray Gallagher, Stella Adams, Neal Burns. On the floor: Joseph Janecke, Gus Alexander, unknown.