Bison Film Company
Type | Film studio |
---|---|
Industry | Entertainment |
Founded | 1909 |
Defunct | 1917 |
Fate | Transferred to Universal Film Manufacturing Company |
Headquarters | |
Key people | Fred Balshofer |
Bison Film Company is an American film studio established in 1909 and disestablished in 1917.
It partnered with Miller Brothers 101 Ranch to lease 20,000 acres to build a Western town set and an Indian village and make silent films with stars including Tom Mix, Buck Jones, Hoot Gibson and Will Rogers.[1] It produced The Indian Massacre (1912), by Thomas H. Ince.[2]
In 1912 it also produced The Indian Raiders,[3] Early Days in the West,[4] Hunted Down,[4] A Daughter of the Redskins,[4] The Cowboy Guardians,[4] The Tribal Law,[4] An Indian Outcast; in 1913 it produced In Love and War,[5] Woman and War;[5] and in 1915 Lone Larry, starring Kingsley Benedict.[6]
Filmography[]
1909[]
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer and Charles K. French - short film
- Davy Crockett - In Hearts United, directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer and Charles Inslee
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer
- I Love My Wife, But Oh, You Kid, directed by Fred J. Balshofer
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer
1910[]
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- ', directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- ', directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- An Engineer's Sweetheart, directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
1911[]
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer - short film
- - short film
- - short film
- A Redskin's Bravery
- An Indian Love Story, directed by Fred J. Balshofer
- - short film
- , directed by Thomas H. Ince - short film
- , directed by Thomas H. Ince - short film
1912[]
- , directed by Thomas H. Ince - short film
- , directed by Thomas H. Ince - short film
- , directed by Thomas H. Ince - short film
- , directed by Thomas H. Ince - short film
- , directed by Thomas H. Ince - short film
- , directed by Thomas H. Ince - short film
- , directed by Thomas H. Ince - short film
- , directed by Thomas H. Ince - short film
- , directed by Thomas H. Ince - short film
- , directed by Thomas H. Ince - short film
- , directed by Thomas H. Ince
- , directed by Thomas H. Ince
- War on the Plains, directed by Thomas H. Ince - short film
- The Deserter, directed by Thomas H. Ince
- , directed by Thomas H. Ince
- , directed by Thomas H. Ince
- , directed by Thomas H. Ince and Francis Ford - short film
- , directed by Thomas H. Ince
- , directed by Reginald Barker
- , directed by Thomas H. Ince
- , directed by Fred J. Balshofer
- Reconciled
- , directed by Frank Montgomery
- , directed by Ben F. Wilson
- , directed by Frank E. Montgomery
- , directed by Tom Ricketts
- , directed by Frank E. Montgomery
- Frank E. Montgomery
- , directed by Wallace Reid and Otis Turner
1913[]
- , directed by Charles Farley - short film
- , directed by Frank Montgomery
- , directed by Otis Turner
- , directed by Otis Turner - short film
- , directed by Frank Montgomery
- , directed by Frank Montgomery
- - short film
- , directed by Francis Ford - short film
- , directed by Frank Montgomery
- , directed by Francis Ford
- The Battle of Bull Run, directed by Francis Ford
- , directed by Henry MacRae
- , directed by Francis Ford
- , directed by Francis Ford
- , directed by Francis Ford
- , directed by Francis Ford
- , directed by Francis Ford
- , directed by Wilfred Lucas
- , directed by Henry MacRae
- , directed by Francis Ford
- In the Secret Service, directed by Henry MacRae
- , directed by Francis Ford
- , directed by Henry MacRae
- , directed by Wilfred Lucas
- , directed by Francis Ford - short film
- , directed by Allan Dwan - short film
- , directed by Henry MacRae - short film
- , directed by Francis Ford - short film
- , directed by Allan Dwan and Thomas H. Ince - short film
- , directed by Allan Dwan - short film
- , directed by Francis Ford - short film
- - short film
- , directed by Allan Dwan - short film
- - short film
- , directed by Allan Dwan - short film
- , directed by Jack Conway
- , directed by Otis Turner
- , directed by Milton J. Fahrney - short film
- , directed by Frank Montgomery
- , directed by Henry MacRae
- The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine, directed by Frank Borzage
- The Gratitude of Wanda, directed by Wallace Reid
- , directed by J. Farrell MacDonald
- , directed by Frank Montgomery
- A Forest Romance, directed by Frank Montgomery
- , directed by Otis Turner
- , directed by Henry MacRae
- , directed by Jack Conway and Frank Montgomery
- , directed by Francis Ford
- Shon the Piper, directed by Otis Turner
- , directed by Henry MacRae
- , directed by Edwin August
- , directed by Francis Ford
- , directed by Grace Cunard and Francis Ford
- , directed by Francis Ford
- , directed by Otis Turner
- , directed by Francis Ford
- , directed by Francis Ford
- , directed by Francis Ford
- , directed by Henry MacRae
- , directed by Henry MacRae - short film
- The Werewolf, directed by Henry MacRae - short film
- , directed by Henry MacRae
1914[]
- , directed by Henry MacRae (1914)
- The Flash of Fate, directed by Henry MacRae (1914)
- , directed by Francis Ford (1914)
- The Lamb, the Woman, the Wolf
- The Tragedy of Whispering Creek
- (1914)
- , directed by Lois Weber (1914)
- The Forbidden Room, directed by Allan Dwan (1914)
- The Old Cobbler
- The Hopes of Blind Alley
- , directed by Henry MacRae - short film (1914)
- The Oubliette, directed by Charles Giblyn - short film (1914)
- The Higher Law, directed by Charles Giblyn - short film (1914)
- Richelieu, directed by Allan Dwan - mediometraggio (1914)
- , directed by Murdock MacQuarrie (1914)
- , directed by Henry MacRae (1914)
1915[]
- , directed by Henry MacRae (1915)
- , directed by Henry MacRae (1915)
- , directed by Wilfred Lucas (1915)
- (The Hidden City), directed by Francis Ford (1915)
- , directed by Henry MacRae - short film (1915)
- Coral
- , directed by J.P. McGowan
1916[]
- , directed by George Marshall (1916)
- Stampede in the Night
- The One Woman, directed by Henry Otto (1916)
- , directed by Henry Otto (1916)
- The Night Riders
- , directed by Francis Ford (1916)
- The Passing of Hell's Crown
- The Wedding Guest, directed by Jacques Jaccard - short film (1916)
- The Committee on Credentials
- For the Love of a Girl, directed by Harry Carey (1916)
- , directed by Cleo Madison and William V. Mong - short film (1916)
- , directed by Ben F. Wilson - short film (1916)
- , directed by Lucius Henderson - short film (1916)
- , directed by Romaine Fielding - short film (1916)
- , directed by - short film (1916)
- The Conspiracy
- , directed by Jay Hunt (1916)
- , directed by - short film (1916)
1917[]
- Blood Money, directed by Fred Kelsey - short film (1917)
- The Bad Man of Cheyenne, directed by Fred Kelsey (1917)
- , directed by (1917)
- , directed by William V. Mong (1917)
- , directed by King Baggot (1917)
- The Outlaw and the Lady, directed by Fred Kelsey - short film (1917)
- , directed by Murdock MacQuarrie (1917)
- , directed by George Marshall (1917)
- (The Tornado), directed by John Ford - short film (1917)
- The Drifter, directed by Fred Kelsey (1917)
- , directed by George Marshall (1917)
- Goin' Straight
- , directed by Henry MacRae (1917)
- , directed by Henry MacRae (1917)
- , directed by Henry MacRae (1917)
- (The Scrapper), directed by John Ford - short film (1917)
- The Wrong Man, directed by Fred Kelsey
- (The Soul Herder), directed by John Ford - short film (1917)
- The Lure of the Circus, directed by (1917)
- The Texas Sphinx
- , directed by (1917)
References[]
- ^ Manns, William (January 2004). "Remembering the 101 Ranch. Starting with a cattle ranch and some big ideas, the Miller Brothers of Oklahoma created an entertainment empire". American Cowboy. Active Interest Media, Inc. 10 (5): 54. ISSN 1079-3690.
- ^ Gallen, Ira H. (15 December 2015). D.W. Griffith: Master of Cinema. FriesenPress. p. 317. ISBN 9781460260999.
- ^ Fleming 2013, p. 242.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Fleming 2013, p. 243.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Fleming 2013, p. 244.
- ^ Zmuda, Michael (11 May 2015). The Five Sedgwicks: Pioneer Entertainers of Vaudeville, Film and Television. McFarland Publishing. p. 45, 50. ISBN 9781476617817.
Bibliography[]
- Fleming, E.J. (25 October 2013). Wallace Reid: The Life and Death of a Hollywood Idol. McFarland Publishing. pp. 242–244. ISBN 9780786477258.
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