Reliance Film Company

Reliance Film Company was an early movie studio in the United States. It was established in 1909 and was bought out a couple years later from Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, and Charlie Kessel

Poster for The Rose Bush of Memories

Actors at the studio included Madge Tyrone in the Mutual Girl serials, Claude Cooper (actor), and Edgena De Lespine.

Harry Aitken purchased the Reliance Film Company in 1911 from Charles O. Baumann.

Directors at the studio included Hal Reid, Wallace Reid, and Edward Morrissey.

It published The Film, a weekly.^[1]

Max Davidson portrayed the character Izzy in a series of Reliance films in 1914.^[2]

History[]

The studio took over the offices of the Sanford White studio in Manhattan. It also operated a 10,000 sq ft factory on Coney Island.^[3]

Filmography[]

A Brass Button (1911)
(1911)
Votes for Women (film) (1912), about women's suffrage produced in partnership with the National American Woman Suffrage Association
The Rose Bush of Memories (1914)
(1915) with Joseph Henabery
, a Reliance film directed by Oscar Apfel starring James Ashley, Gertrude Robinson
(The Charge of the Light Brigade), directed by Hal Reid
A Man's Duty^[4]
(1912)

Still from the American western film Sympathy Sal (1915) with Teddy Sampson

(1913)
Kaintuck (1912), a Kaintuck is a native of Kentucky
(1912), based on the play by James Sheridan Knowles
(1914)
The Great Leap; Until Death Do Us Part (1914)
(1915)
(1915)
(1915)
(1915)
The Outlaw's Revenge (1915)
Macbeth^[5]

References[]

^ "Motography". May 17, 1915 – via Google Books.
^ Eagan, Daniel (January 1, 2010). America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry. A&C Black. ISBN 9780826429773 – via Google Books.
^ "Motion Picture News". Motion Picture News Incorporated. February 17, 1912 – via Google Books.
^ Fleming, E. J. (October 25, 2013). Wallace Reid: The Life and Death of a Hollywood Idol. McFarland. ISBN 9780786477258 – via Google Books.
^ "The Moving Picture World". World Photographic Publishing Company. May 17, 1916 – via Google Books.

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[1] "Motography". May 17, 1915 – via Google Books.

[2] Eagan, Daniel (January 1, 2010). America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry. A&C Black. ISBN 9780826429773 – via Google Books.

[3] "Motion Picture News". Motion Picture News Incorporated. February 17, 1912 – via Google Books.

[4] Fleming, E. J. (October 25, 2013). Wallace Reid: The Life and Death of a Hollywood Idol. McFarland. ISBN 9780786477258 – via Google Books.

[5] "The Moving Picture World". World Photographic Publishing Company. May 17, 1916 – via Google Books.

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