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Instructions · What links here · Powers Picture Plays (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Bing, Wikipedia) · Submitted 40 days ago by FloridaArmy (talk: D · +) · Last edited 40 days ago by KylieTastic

The Horse Thief and Powers Company should link here

Powers Picture Plays, initially Powers Company, was an American film company from the silent film era, which was responsible for the production of 839 films between 1909 and 1923, in addition to the distribution of 19 films between 1909 and 1932.

Irving Cummings was a leading man at the studio.^[1] Thomas Evans was the studio's general manager.^[2]

History[edit]

In 1909, the company was formed by Patrick "Pat" Anthony Powers (1869–1948), as Powers Company, with an office in Wakefield, New York and, still in 1909, Powers and Irving Cummings opened a new studio in Mount Vernon, New York, near the Bronx, with Joseph A. Golden as director and Ludwig G. B. Erb as cameraman, and some films have been produced.

In 1910 the Powers Company changed its name to Powers Picture Plays, and Joseph A. Golden was one of its first directors.

In 1911 it announced an adaptation of Gunga Din from the Rudyard Kipling poem, a production titled The Awakening of Galatea from "the story of Pygmalion's Strange Love", and a Nat M. Wills in a "Happy Tramp" comedy film.^[3]

In 1912, Powers Picture merged to form Universal Pictures. Universal was formed in 1912 by the emergence of the Rex Film Company, American division of Éclair, Nestor Film Company, Powers Picture Plays, The Champion Film Company, Yankee Film Company (that quickly evolved into the Independent Moving Pictures Company (IMP), and New York Motion Picture Company.^{[citation needed]} Even after 1912, Powers Picture films were still being credited but were distributed by Universal. Mexican Border Defenders was shot in New Mexico in 1912.

Filmography[edit]

The Woman Hater (1910)
Only the Master Shall Judge, a drama
Summer Madness, a comedy
The Question, a drama
When Pals Quarrel
The Love Potion, a comedy
The Haunted Island
The Love Tyrant
How Aunty Was Fooled
Nat Willis as King of Karam
A Moral Coward
Little Girl
Oh! Baby!, a comedy
The Thrilling Powers Fire
The Picnic, a comedy
A Foot Romance
Speculation
Cheyenne Days, a scenic film
A Harmless Flirtation
Lone Eagle's Trust
Babes in the Woods
The Squaw's Devotion
Measuring a Wife
Falls of Bohemia, a scenic film
The Indian's Love, a drama^[4]
Lost in a Hotel (1911)
An Old Time Nightmare (1911)
Red Star's Honor' (1911)
Gray Wolf's Grief (1911)
The Horse Thief (1911)
The Last of the Mohicans (1911), an adaptation of The Last of the Mohicans
Mexican Border Defenders (1912)^[5]
Into the Lion's Pit (1914)
When Little Lindy Sang (1916)
A Montana Love Story
Home Sweet Home
When Masons Meet
The Bandit's Surprise
A Famble with Love
Come Back to Erin
His Mind's Tragedy
Just Kids
A Trip About Christiana
Ogallalah
The Boy From the East
The Pantaloon Skirt
A Western Ruse
Cupid's Monkey Wrench
Oh! You Mother in Law
Touring Athens
A Western Ruse
How the Doctor Made Good
Reclamation
At the Window^[3]

References[edit]

^ Slide, Anthony (February 25, 2014). The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-92554-3 – via Google Books.
^ "Moving Picture World and View Photographer". World Photographic Publishing Company. March 30, 1917 – via Google Books.
^ ^a ^b "Motion Picture News". Motion Picture News Incorporated. March 30, 1911 – via Google Books.
^ "Motion Picture News". Motion Picture News Incorporated. March 30, 1911 – via Google Books.
^ Waggoner, Linda M. (March 30, 2019). Starring Red Wing!: The Incredible Career of Lilian M. St. Cyr, the First Native American Film Star. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-1-4962-1809-4 – via Google Books.

[1] Slide, Anthony (February 25, 2014). The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-92554-3 – via Google Books.

[2] "Moving Picture World and View Photographer". World Photographic Publishing Company. March 30, 1917 – via Google Books.

[auto-3] "Motion Picture News". Motion Picture News Incorporated. March 30, 1911 – via Google Books.

[4] "Motion Picture News". Motion Picture News Incorporated. March 30, 1911 – via Google Books.

[5] Waggoner, Linda M. (March 30, 2019). Starring Red Wing!: The Incredible Career of Lilian M. St. Cyr, the First Native American Film Star. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-1-4962-1809-4 – via Google Books.

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