FILMOGRAPHY

Thousands of local films were produced in the United States in the twentieth century. I have included complete filmographies for the companies and titles discussed in detail in this book, with two exceptions—Arthur J. Higgins and Melton Barker, as substantial filmographies for both can be found elsewhere.¹ In cases where many films had the same title, or the title is unknown, I include it at the beginning of the filmography and list productions by city, separated by a semicolon, with the production year in parentheses. All films that are underlined are extant.

Advance Motion Picture Company (Chicago), 1911–1919

Producers: George L. Cox, Alvin B. Giles; Cinematographers: Eugene Newman, Columbus D. Behan, Clarence W. Hutton

The Battle of Cameron Dam, Cameron Dam, Wis. (1913)

Famous Illinois Canyons and Starved Rock, Starved Rock State Park, Ill. (1913)

The Girl of Wonder Cave, Monteagle, Tenn. (1913)

Made-in-La-Crosse, La Crosse, Wis. (1913)

Untitled Films: Georgia: Atlanta (1914); Illinois: Springfield (1913); Iowa: Cedar Rapids (1913); Kansas: Kansas City (1913); Texas: San Antonio (1913); Wisconsin: Green Bay (1914)

Amateur Service Productions (Cleveland; Akron, Ohio; Waco, Tex.; Jefferson City, Mo.; Lancaster, Penn.; Kansas City, Mo.), 1935–1941

Manager: Augusta Kells; Advance Agent: R. E. Prillaman; Camera Operators: J. C. Brannon, Robert Doer, W. G. Elliott, William A. Kimber, Victor Marvel, Kenneth R. Roberson, R. A. White; Directors: Miss Beckter, Lois D. Benton, Carol Dittmar, Kathryn Ekler, Wilson Elliott, I. R. Hall, Elizabeth Heiland, Martha Linder, Evelyn Lindstrom, Jean Long, Katherine Mulcahy, Rita O’Bryant, Vera Piersol, R.E. Prillaman, Ruth A. Ritchie, Blanche Stouffer, Ruth Strickland, Rose Tikton, Dallas I. Weiser, Eva Wilson, Margaret Yost

Know York Better, York, Penn. (1941)

Our Town, New Cumberland, Penn. (1941)

See Yourself and Your Town in the Movies: Illinois: Albany, Andrews, Rossville (1937); Highland (1938); Indiana: Batesville (1937); Columbus, North Manchester (1938); Maryland: Frostburg (1938); Hagerstown, Keyser (1941); Missouri: Chillicothe, Kirksville, Maryville, Moberly, Washington (1939); New Jersey: Hackettstown (1940); Chatham (1941); New York: Jamestown, Pulaski (1938); Mechanicville, Olean (1940); Ohio: Independence, St. Clairsville (1935); Coventry (1936); Orrville, Zanesville (1937); Portage Lakes (unknown); Pennsylvania: Aliquippa, Beaver Falls, Etna, Lewisburg, Mifflinburg, Point Marion, Reading, Rochester, York (1937); California, Littlestown (1938); Hamburg, Hatboro, Hazleton, Lansford, New Holland (1939); Bradford, Danville, Greenville, Pittston, Tyrone, Wellsboro (1940); Altoona, Bellefonte, Bellwood/Antis, Lititz, New Cumberland, Shippensburg (1941); Texas: Brownsville, Bryan, Kerrville, Mexia, Mission, Olney, San Benito, Stamford, Weslaco (1939); West Virginia: Elkins (1937); Charles Town (1941); Wisconsin: Neenah, Reedsburg, Rhinelander, Sauk City, Prairie du Sac (1938)

Your Home Town in the Movies, Franklin, Penn. (1940)

Amateur Theatre Guild (Boston), 1934–1941

Head: Lauren Kenyon Woods; Writer: Adella Cramer; Associates: Violet McClure Woods; Directors: W. Robert Anderson, Edwin W. Arnold, Emilene Bouge, Esther Griffin Card, Jeanne Carney, Madeline A. Chaffee, Paddy Chessman, Ross R. Cote, Margaret Cram, Barbara Demack, Virginia Gibeau, Catherine Gough, Ralph Gram, Doris Hamel, Marion Angeline Howlett, William S. Jeffs, Mary Kinhan, Anne L. Lambert, Mildred Lamson, Marilyn B. Lundy, Alice O’Leary, Margaret Showalter, Nancy Spencer, Dorothy Stone, Marjorie Turner, Agnes Winslow

Movie Queen: Connecticut: Willimantic (1940); Florida: Bradenton, Sarasota (1938); Illinois: Dixon (1938); Indiana: Frankfort, Logansport (1938); Maine: Auburn, Bath, Belfast, Caribou, Ellsworth, Houlton, Lincoln, Millinocket (1935); Bar Harbor, Eastport, Lubec, Newport, Old Town (1936); Rockland (1938); Sanford (1939); Bucksport, Camden, Rumford/Mexico, Van Buren, Waterville (unknown); Massachusetts: Conway (1934); Concord, Greenfield, Leominster, Norwood (1935); Abington, Orange (1936); Groton (1939); Cohasset (1940); Framingham (1941); Reading (unknown); Michigan: Escanaba, Ironwood, Ludington, Niles (1937); Minnesota: Brainerd (1937); Missouri: Carthage (1938); Montana: Anaconda, Butte, Havre, Helena (1938); New Hampshire: Nashua (1938); Exeter (1940); New Jersey: Rahway (1939); Bogota, South Amboy (1940); New York: Ballston Spa, Dunkirk, Malone, Oswego (1935); Tupper Lake (1936); Mineola (1939); North Carolina: Burlington (1936); Hickory, Lumberton (1937); Wilmington (1938); North Dakota: Valley City (1938); Ohio: Barnesville, East Sandusky, Mingo Junction, Norwalk (1936); East Palestine (1937); Findlay (1941); Pennsylvania: Towanda (1935); Elwood City (1936); Hazleton (1937); Connellsville, Kingston (1940); Belle Vernon (1941); South Carolina: Marion (1937); Florence (1938); South Dakota: Huron, Yankton (1938); Tennessee: Kingsport (1938); Texas: Abilene, Big Spring (1938); Vermont: Middlebury (1939); Virginia: Harrisonburg, Martinsville, Pulaski (1936); West Virginia: Bluefield (1936); Wisconsin: Wisconsin Rapids (1937); Menasha (1938)

Note: Other plays produced by the Amateur Theatre Guild did not feature a film production and thus are unlisted.

Blache Screen Service (San Francisco), 1922–1941

Director: Maurice Blache; Sales Director: William F. Thomas; Camera Department Head: Verne Rucker; Field Manager: E. C. MacGlashan; Camera Operator: Amos Stillman

Buy at Home Campaign: California: Etna/Fort Jones/Callahan, Fortuna (1937); Dunsmuir (unknown); Colorado: Longmont (1940); Idaho: Idaho Falls (1939); Weiser (unknown); Montana: Deer Lodge (1939); Nebraska: Lincoln (1940); Oregon: Forest Grove (1934); Enterprise (1935); Prineville (1937); Coquille, McMinnville, St. Helens (unknown); Washington: Tekoa (1938); Wilbur (1939)

. . . On Parade: Montana: Phillipsburg (1939); New York: Ellenville (1941)

Robert M. Carson Productions (Mason City, Iowa; Winter Park, Fla.), 1953–c. 1970

Producer: Robert M. Carson; Directors: Hal Black, Don Nestingen, Jim Richards; Camera Operators: R. A. Hereford; Script: Wanda Borr; Editorial Supervision: Robert Braverman; Narration: S. Norton Berry

Keeping Pace with Tomorrow, Winter Park, Fla. (1962)

This Is Our Town: Illinois: Monmouth (1954); Cicero, Crystal Lake, Elgin, St. Charles, Urbana (unknown); Iowa: Spencer (1954); Kansas: Garden City (1953); Manhattan (1955); Minnesota: Red Wing (1953); Fairmont, Winona (1954); Lake City (unknown); Missouri: St. James, St. Joseph (1954); St. Charles (unknown); Nebraska: Beatrice, Syracuse (1953); Texas: Waco (1955); Amarillo, Lubbock (unknown); Wisconsin: Eau Claire (1953); Chippewa Falls, Stevens Point (1954)

Chouinard Filming Company (Pittsburgh), c. 1929

C. J. Chouinard

Our American Girl’s Visit to Altoona, Altoona, Penn. (1929)

Civic Art Film Production (Warren, Ohio), c.1930

President: E. J. Baumer; Cameraman: H. C. Kunkleman; Representative: Charles B. Copperman

Things You Ought to Know About: Pennsylvania: Charleroi, Franklin, Monongahela, New Castle, Oil City (1930)

Community Film Company; Community Photoplay Company (Los Angeles), 1920–1921

Director: Charles Le Witt; Camera Operators: Paul L. Hoefler, J. L. Roop, G. V. Smith; Associates: H. L. Hartman, K. Hoddy Milligan

Betty from . . . : Kansas: Hutchison, Salina (1921); Missouri: Springfield, St. Joseph (1921); Nebraska: Lincoln (1921)

The Girl from . . . : Colorado: Denver, Fort Collins, Greeley (1920); Kansas: Burrion, Emporia, Moberly, Pittsburg, Topeka (1921); Texas: Corsicana (1920); Wyoming: Cheyenne, Laramie (1920)

Home Town Romance, Bakersfield, Calif. (1920)

The Parisian Romance, Paris, Texas (1920)

Cosmopolitan Industrial Film Corp. (Springfield, Ill.), 1923; Metropolitan Industrial Film Company (Youngstown, Ohio), 1923–1925

Directors: Ted Kennedy, H. C. Kunkleman; Cameraman: Don Malkames; Advertising Manager: J. Arnett Fisk; Associates: F. W. Kunkleman, B. F. Taylor

Unknown Titles: Indiana: Bloomington, Princeton (1923); Pennsylvania: Clearfield, Franklin, Greenville, Huntingdon, Tryone (1923); Carlisle (1924); Titusville (1925)

Dixie Film Productions (Clarksburg, W.Va.), c. 1926

Associates: H.C. Kunkleman, Adam Montgomery, W.E. Brooks, P.W. Bailey

Unknown Titles: North Carolina: Greensboro (1926); Virginia: Danville (1926)

Dixie Film Productions (Florence, Ala.), 1951–1966

Associates: Amos Bond, W. K. Flint, Jim H. Killen

The Hopkinsville Story, Hopkinsville, Ky. (1966)

This Is Your Town: Alabama: Tuscumbia (1952); Decatur, Gadsden, Hartselle (unknown); Arkansas: Blytheville (1954); Mountain Home (1955); Kentucky: Hopkinsville (1952); Hopkinsville (1957); Missouri: Sikeston (1954); Tennessee: Columbia, Cookeville, Humboldt (1952); Kingsport (1953); Cleveland (1956); Dickson, Fayetteville, Lawrenceburg, Lewisburg, Manchester, McMinnville, Shelbyville, Tullahoma, Winchester (unknown)

Empire Film Company; New York Publicity Company; Gullette & Harris Empire Amusement Company (New York), 1915–1917

Directors: George S. Gullette, Nelson A. Harris; Actor: Agnes Laing

Aunt Sally Visits Knoxville, Knoxville, Tenn. (1915)

Down in Old Carolina, Charlotte, N.C. (1917)

The Princess Visits: Indiana: Logansport (1915); North Carolina: Durham, Gastonia, Hickory, High Point, Salisbury, Statesville (1917); Ohio: Ashtabula, Mansfield, Massillon (1915); West Virginia: Bluefield (1915)

Winston-Salem, the City of Industry, Winston-Salem, N.C. (1917)

Unknown Titles: Alabama: Birmingham; Georgia: Rome; Ohio: Youngstown; Pennsylvania: Erie (all dates unknown)

Florida Productions, Inc. (Tampa), 1926

Director: George S. Gullette

Horns and Hearts, Tampa, Florida (1926)

Unknown Titles: Florida: Arcadia, Brooksville, Lakeland, Orlando, Sanford, Tarpon Springs (1926)

Globe Films (New York), 1924–1926

Directors: Jack Allen, J. B. Launt; Cameraman: Philip J. Armand; Casting Directors: Charles E. Fulner, Roy B. Jones

I Love You Truly, Providence, R.I. (1926)

New Castle Adopts a Baby, New Castle, Penn. (1925)

The Reporter, Altoona, Penn. (1925)

The Story without an End: Maryland: Cumberland, Hagerstown (1925); New York: Niagara Falls, Olean (1925); Pennsylvania: Kane, Harrisburg, Monessen (1925); Lewiston, Reading (1926)

Shad E. Graham Productions; Texas News Trailers (Missouri City, Texas), 1947–1969

Director: Bobby Bass, Jack Gardner, Arthur Loevin, Shad Graham Associates, Clyde Waddell; Narration: Vincent Connolly

. . . at War: Pennsylvania: Bangor, Mahanoy City, Mt. Carmel (1945); Tamaqua (unknown)

Cowboy Sweethearts on Parade, Bay City, Texas (1950)

Our Home Town: Arizona: Safford (unknown); Arkansas: El Dorado (1959); North Little Rock, Pine Bluff (unknown); Idaho: Coeur d’Alene (1956); Louisiana: Houma, New Iberia (1954); Montana: Bozeman, Butte, Havre, Kalispell (1956); New Mexico: Pueblo (1954); Alamogordo, Las Cruces (1958); North Dakota: Williston (unknown); Texas: Brazosport, Freeport, San Marcos, Wharton (1946); Huntsville, McKinney, Waxahachie (1947); Colorado City, Galen Park, Houston, Luling, West University and the Village (1948); Bryan, College Station, Laporte (1949); Freeport (1950); Eagle Lake, Liberty (1951); Baytown (1953); Odessa (1957); Bay City, Brenham, Coleman, Crockett, Dumas, Durant, El Campo, Hillsboro, Houston-Harrisburg, Humble Road, Killeen, Mineral Wells, Pasadena, Terrell, Texas City, Victoria, Weatherford, Wichita Falls, Yoakum (unknown); Wyoming: Casper (1954)

Gullette Film Company; Gullette-Nedell Company; Gullette-Kelley Company (New York), 1926–1930

Director: George S. Gullette; Assistants: F. G. Gullette, Andrew Kelley, X. F. Sutton

Our American Girl: California: Oakland (1930); Indiana: Indianapolis (1928); Iowa: Mason City (1930); Missouri: Springfield (1930); New York: Syracuse (1926); Cornell (1930); Oklahoma: Tulsa (unknown); Texas: Amarillo, El Paso (1927); Wisconsin: Manitowoc (1928); Oshkosh (unknown)

Who’s Who: Iowa: Davenport (1927); New Jersey: Trenton (1925); Ohio: Mansfield (1918)

Unknown Titles: New York: Jamaica (1927); Louisiana: Monroe (1925); Pennsylvania: Lebanon (1922)

Holt Film Company (Topeka, Kans.), c. 1914

Dedication of the G.A.R. Memorial Hall, Topeka, Kans. (1914)

Hudris Film Company (New York; Los Angeles), c. 1915–1926

Directors: Sidney Buck, W. Josh Day, George Henry, John Stahl, Walter Steiner, Albert Stoman; Camera Operators: Beverly B. Dobbs, George Hardy, William Harris, Jr., Granville L. Howe, Ned K. Miller, Erwin Nadel, Daniel Raphael

The Belle of . . . : Maine: Biddeford (1917); New Hampshire: Nashua (1917); Ohio: Sandusky (1923); Wisconsin: Kenosha (1923)

It Happened in Jackson, Jackson, Mich. (1917)

Milwaukee Love, Milwaukee, Wis. (1926)

A Romance of . . . : California: San Bernardino (1918); Bakersfield, Oakland, San Diego, Santa Ana (1919); Riverside (1922); Connecticut: New London (1915); District of Columbia: Washington (1921); Illinois: Decatur (1917); Galesburg (1922); Freeport (1925); Indiana: Elkhart (1916); Kokomo (1917); Iowa: Waterloo (1920); Kansas: Wichita (1921); Maine: Biddeford and Saco (1916); Bangor (1917); Maryland: Frederick (1916); Massachusetts: Fitchburg, Quincy, Springfield, Worcester, (1916); Lowell (1918); Michigan: Bay City, Kalamazoo (1917); Montana: Butte, Helena (1920); Nebraska: Omaha (1920); New York: Gloversville, Niagara Falls (1916); North Carolina: Asheville, Durham (1916); Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh (1924); Utah: Ogden, Salt Lake City (1920); Washington: Bellingham, Seattle, Walla Walla (1919); Wisconsin: Appleton, Madison, Manitowoc, Oshkosh (1920); La Crosse (1922)

Industrial Film Syndicate; Commercial Film Syndicate; Independent Film Syndicate (New York), 1911–1912

Director: Edwin S. Carman

Unknown Titles: Iowa: Des Moines (1911); Minnesota: Brainerd (1911); New York: Mount Vernon (1911); Schenectady (1912); New Jersey: New Brunswick (1912)

Industrial Moving Picture Company (Chicago), 1910–1916; Rothacker Film Company (Chicago; New York), 1916–1930

Producers: Robert Cochrane, Carl Laemmle, Watterson Rounds Rothacker; Cinematographers: Oliver Chadwick, H. A. DeVry, Freeman Owens

Confederate Veterans and Sons, Little Rock, Ark. (1911)

Muskegon in Motion, Muskegon, Mich. (1912)

War Bonnet Roundup, Idaho Falls, Idaho (1912)

Unknown Titles: Illinois: Chicago (1911); Springfield (1912); Freeport, Joliet, Nokomis and DuQuoin, Rock Island, Springfield, Wilmette (1913); University of Illinois Homecoming, Zion City (1914) Indiana: Gary (1911); Elkhart (1912); Michigan, Panama-Pacific Expo, Vincennes (1914) Kentucky: Mammoth Cave (1912) Michigan: Kalamazoo; Montana: Anaconda (1911) Nebraska: Omaha (1913) New Jersey: Jamesburg (1912) Ohio: Grand American handicap trap-shoot, Columbus (1911) Lima (1912) Oklahoma: Oklahoma City (1913) South Dakota: Aberdeen (1911) Tennessee: Chattanooga (1911) Unknown location: Elks Convention (1911) Wisconsin: Racine (1912) Waukesha (1917) Wyoming: Cowboy Convention (1911)

Interstate Film Producers; Consolidated Film Producers (Los Angeles; New York), 1915–1934

Directors: Charles Fetty, Don O. Newland; Assistant Director: Jack Vance; Cinematographers: Jack Flanagan, Willis Foremans, Russell Parham; Casting Director: Albert Kaufman; Associates: F. C. Crosby, Charles Norman David, James Morris, R. D. Phillips, Howard M. Prager

Adopts a Baby (1915–1922): Illinois: Centralia, La Salle, Mattoon, Taylorville (1915); Anderson, Bluffton, Decatur, DuQuoin, Peru, Wabash, Winchester (1916); Robinson (1917); Indiana: Michigan City (1915); Huntington, Mishawaka (1916); Clinton, Sullivan (1917); Huntington (1919); Buchanan, Whiting (1921) Kokomo, Logansport (as Logansport’s Baby, 1922); Huntington (as Huntington’s Baby, 1923); Iowa: Davenport, Iowa City, Washington (1920); Kansas: Parsons (1919); Iola, Ottawa (1922); Kentucky: Owensboro (1916); Michigan: Marshall (1915), Port Huron, Three Rivers (1916); Ohio: Defiance (1916), Elyria, Kent, Massilon (1922); Coshocton (as Coshocton’s Baby), Steubenville (1923); Wisconsin: Wisconsin Rapids (1920), Marinette (unknown)

Alexandria Adopts Twins, Alexandria, Ind. (1916)

A Day in Hollywood (1926–1928): Illinois: Carbondale, Murphysboro (1926); Kansas: Lawrence (1928); Louisiana: Monroe (unknown); Mississippi: Hattiesburg (1926)

Hero (1923–1934): California: Woodland (1924); Florida: Sarasota (1929); Georgia: Americus (1928); Fitzgerald, Macon, Thomasville (1928); Illinois: Alton, Belvidere, Mattoon, Rockford (1926); Indiana: Logansport, Muncie (1924); Maryland: Cumberland (1923); Salisbury (1924); Salisbury (1929); Cumberland (as My Hero, 1931); New York: Rome (1927); Cortland (1928); North Carolina: Durham, Salisbury, Wilmington, Wilson, Winston-Salem (1925); Ohio: Hamilton, Sandusky (1923); Toledo (1925); Portsmouth (1926); Lima (1928); Athens, Circleville, Delphos, Pickaway (as Pickaway Co’s Hero), Wellston (1932); Pennsylvania: Shamokin, Wellsboro (1928); Connellsville, Greenville, Scottdale (1930); Huntingdon, Lebanon, Tyrone (1934); South Carolina: Gaffney (1930); Tennessee: Kingsport (1926); Virginia: Danville, Richmond (1925); Harrisonburg, Staunton, Winchester (1929); West Virginia: Charleston (1930); Bluefield (1933); Wisconsin: Janesville (1927); Staunton (1929)

Mama’s Choice, Gloversville, N.Y. (1928)

Queen: Pennsylvania: Wellsboro (1933); Towanda (1934)

Hugh V. Jamieson (Dallas, Texas), 1915–1923

Won from the Flames: Kansas: Arkansas City, Hutchinson, Iola, Ottawa (1915); Missouri: Macon (1915); Oklahoma: Cushing, Perry (1915); Texas: Cleburne, Denton, Fort Worth, Port Arthur, Victoria, Waco (1916); Corsicana, McKinney (1923)

Note: Melton Barker made the McKinney film. Jamieson operated an industrial film production company in Dallas until the 1970s.

Carl Laemmle (Los Angeles), 1912

Producer: Carl Laemmle; Cinematographer: Charles Kaufman; Associate: Watterson Rothacker

Oshkosh in Motion, Oshkosh, Wis. (1912)

Note: Laemmle had close ties to Oshkosh, and it is unknown whether he produced films elsewhere on behalf of his company, Universal.

Liberty Film Company (Joplin, Mo.; Kansas City, Mo.), 1911–1912

General Manager: J. W. Cotter; Director: Calvin Mayhew

In and Around Rogers, Rogers, Ark. (1912)

Unknown Title, Iola, Kans. (1912)

Arthur Loevin Productions; Landsman Production Company (New York), 1943–1954

Directors: Sol Landsman, Arthur Loevin, Jessie Marcus; Associate: Bill Burkett; Narration: Vincent Connolly

Augusta Marches On, Augusta, Ga. (1946)

. . . for Victory: Connecticut: Hartford (1943); Massachusetts: Greenfield (1944)

Our City, Hartford, Conn. (1948)

Our Home Town: Florida: Fort Pierce (1948); Georgia: Augusta (as Augusta Marches On), Douglas, Fitzgerald, Tifton (1946); Americus, Dublin, Savannah, Waycross (1946); Swainsboro, Thomaston (1947); Louisiana: Lake Charles (1954); Pennsylvania: Doylestown, Levittown (1954); Tennessee: Kingsville (1953); Texas: Baytown, Bryan (1953); Austin, Beaumont, Harlingen, McAllen, Victoria (unknown); Virginia: Pulaski (1953); Petersburg (1954)

Majestic Amusement Company; New York Publicity Company (New York), 1912–1914

George S. Gullette

Unknown Titles: Pennsylvania: Allentown (1912); Tennessee: Nashville (1914)

McHenry Film Company (Akron, Ohio), 1915–1916

Producer: Basil McHenry; Director: Carl Shaner

The Man Haters: Indiana: Logansport, Muncie (1915); Anderson, New Albany (1916); Kentucky: Lexington, Louisville (1916); New York: Dunkirk, Utica (1916); Ohio: Lima (1915); Hamilton, Piquo (1916); Virginia: Lynchburg (1916); West Virginia: Bluefield, Charleston (1916)

T’was School Days, Newark, Ohio (1916)

Metropolitan Film Productions; National Film Productions; Associated Film Productions; H. C. Kunkleman & Associates (Akron, Ohio), 1927–1969

General Managers: T. J. Carroll, E. J. Baumer; Cameraman: H. C. Kunkleman; Promotional Director: Robert Beasley

The Coschoton Story, Coschoton, Ohio (1969)

The Parade of Progress of Columbiana for 1950, Columbiana, Ohio (1950)

Salem at Mid-Century, Salem, Ohio (1950)

Things You Should Know about . . . : Ohio: Piqua (1939)

This Is Our Town: Ohio: Delphos (1952)

Unknown Titles: Indiana: Elwood (1960); Maryland: Hagerstown (1927); New York: Oneonta (1939); Ohio: Mansfield (1938); Norwalk (1949); New Philadelphia (1950); Columbiana (1951); Wellington (1969); Canada: Niagara Falls (1931)

Richard E. Norman (Des Moines; Chicago), 1915–1917

The Wrecker: Alabama: Mobile, Montgomery (unknown); Arkansas: Little Rock (unknown); Florida: Gainesville (unknown); Georgia: Columbus (1917); Brunswick (unknown); Illinois: Decatur (1917); Aurora, Belleville, Blue Island, Carbondale, La Salle, Murphysboro, Peoria, Quincy, Streator (unknown); Michigan: Mainstee, St. Joseph and Benton Harbor, Traverse City (unknown); New Jersey: Trenton (unknown); Ohio: Columbus, Lorian (unknown); Oklahoma: Tulsa, West Tulsa (unknown) South Carolina: Columbia (unknown); Wisconsin: Marinette and Menominee (unknown); Canada: Ottawa (unknown)

Unknown Titles: Illinois: Alton (1915); Carbondale (1916)

Note: Norman stopped working as an itinerant filmmaker in the late 1910s and moved to Jacksonville, Florida, where he established a studio to shoot race films.

Pacific Film Production Company (Erie, Penn.; Springfield, Ill.; Washington, N.C.; Kingsport, Tenn.), 1931–

Directors: E. J. Baumer, C. E. McMullen; Cinematographer: H. C. Kunkleman; Location Manager: William Ramsell

Anderson on Parade, Anderson, S.C. (1935)

Things You Ought to Know about . . . : Illinois: Belvidere (1933)

Things You Should Know about . . . : Georgia: Cordele (1936); Illinois: Clinton, Jacksonville, Mattoon (1932); Herrin (1936); Iowa: Burlington, Muscatine, Waterloo (1933); Algona, Emmetsburg, Humboldt, Mason City (1934); Kentucky: Middlesboro (1935); New Jersey: Bridgeton (1937); New York: Olean (1931); North Carolina: Rockingham (1934); Reidsville (1935); Ohio: Xenia (1937); Pennsylvania: Bradford (1931); South Carolina: Florence, Gaffney, Greenwood, Orangeburg (1935); Tennessee: Kingsport (1935); West Virginia: Beckley (1935)

Paragon Feature Film Company; Special Scenic Film Company (Denver, Col.; Omaha, Neb.; New York; Des Moines), 1912–c. 1917

Director: O. W. Lamb; Cinematographer: William Preston Mayfield; Scenario Writer: William Lou Gullet; Other Personnel: John S. Conger, Gilbert P. Hamilton, Jr., Edward Rosenthal

Pilgrim Scenario (1912–1913): Five young women are selected to act as tourists visiting the city. They take in the various sights of the town.

Wedding Scenario (1913–1916): A young man and woman, usually from notable families, are cast to play the leads in an industrial romance.

An American Citizen, San Antonio, Texas (1914)

The Awakening of Muskogee, Muskogee, Okla. (1913)

Blissveldt Romance, Grand Rapids, Mich. (1915)

The Call of the Hills, Dubuque, Iowa (1916)

The Cedar Valley Romance, Waterloo, Iowa (1916)

The College Hero, Omaha, Neb. (1914)

A Council Bluffs Courtship, Muscatine, Iowa (1914)

Fifty-Thousand Feet of Kansas, Kansas (1914)

A Fortunate Accident, Birmingham, Ala. (1914)

From Wedding Bells to Cotton Bolls, Memphis, Tenn. (1915)

Greater Tulsa in the Movies, Tulsa, Okla. (1913)

Into the Future, New Orleans, La. (1914)

The Lumberjack, Wausau, Wis. (1914)

The Maid of the Miami, Dayton, Ohio (1915)

The Maid of the Mississippi, Rock Island, Ill. (1916)

The Mine Owner’s Daughter, Springfield, Ill. (1915)

One Wonderful Day, Fond du Lac, Wis. (1914)

A Political Touchdown, Austin, Texas (1915)

Present and Past in Cradle of Dixie, Montgomery, Ala. (1914)

Pretty Pilgrims at the Peerless Princess of the Plains, Wichita, Kans. (1913)

A Race for a Bride, Jackson, Mich. (1914)

Romance of a Southern Fort, Fort Smith, Ark. (1914)

Romance of Lovers Lane, St. Joseph, Mo. (1914)

Seeing McAlester, McAlester, Okla. (1912)

Seeing Oklahoma City in the Days of ’89, Oklahoma City (1913)

The Spirit of Columbus, 1865–1915, Columbus, Ga. (1915)

Sunny Hours in St. Joe Valley, South Bend, Ind. (1914)

Texas as It Is Today, Austin, Texas (1916)

Unknown Titles: Arkansas: Little Rock (1913); Colorado: Denver (1913); Illinois: Quincy (1914); Alton (1916); Kansas: Kansas City (1913); Michigan: Lansing (1914); Missouri: Independence, Moberly, Sedalia (1913); Montana: Billings (1913); Nebraska: Omaha (1913); Texas: Denison, Sherman (1912); Dallas, Fort Worth, Galveston (1913); Houston, Port Arthur (1914); El Paso (1915); Wisconsin: Eau Claire, Sheboygan (1914); Wyoming: Cheyenne (1913)

Don Parisher Productions (New York; Miami), 1947–1965

Director: Don G. Parisher; Camera Operators: Lloyd McComber, Ken Stambaugh; Script: Mabel Lawrence; Music: Emil Velazco; Sound Recording and Special Effects: Holly Smith; Other Crew: Ted Ramo; Narrators: Norman Brokenshire, Joe Given, Harry Hennessey, John Reed King, Clyde McLean

Charlotte, Queen City of the South, Charlotte, N.C. (1948)

Chattanooga, Scenic Center of the South, Chattanooga, Tenn. (1952)

Deland, City of Gracious Living, Deland, Fla. (1955)

Delightful Deland, Deland, Fla. (1965)

Fort Lauderdale Story, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (1950)

Fun in the Sunshine, Miami Beach, Fla. (c. 1967)

Happy Beach Adventure, Jacksonville, Fla. (unknown)

Hollywood-by-the-Sea, Hollywood, Fla. (1961)

King of Casselberry, Casselberry, Fla. (1953, 1964)

Miami Beach, U.S.A., Miami (1960)

Missing Person, Pompano Beach, Fla. (1967)

Negro Durham Marches On, Durham, N.C. (1947)

A New Adventure in Living, Pompano Beach, Fla. (c. 1964)

North Miami Beach: Gateway to Interama, North Miami Beach, Fla. (c. 1967)

The Pompano Beach Story, Pompano Beach, Fla. (1961)

Spartanburg, My Home Town, Spartanburg, S.C. (1947)

This Is Bluefield, Bluefield, W.Va. (1947)

This Is Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C. (1948)

This Is Greensboro, Greensboro, N.C. (1947)

This Is Progressive Rutherford County, Rutherfordton, N.C. (1948)

This Is Progressive Wilkes County, Wilkesboro, N.C. (1948)

This Is Statesville, Statesville, N.C. (1948)

Thomasville: City of Roses, Thomasville, Ga. (1951)

The Torch of Friendship, Miami (1962)

Valdosta, The Azalea City, Valdosta, Ga. (1953)

Where Florida Prepares for the Future, Gainesville, Fla. (1951)

World’s Most Beautiful Beaches, Pompano Beach, Fla. (1952)

The World’s Most Famous Beach, Daytona Beach, Fla. (1950)

World’s Winter Strawberry Capital, Plant City, Fla. (unknown)

Unknown Title, Columbus, Ga. (1952)

Park Motion Picture Productions (New York), 1944–1947

Directors: Shad Graham, George S. Gullette, Don G. Parisher; Camera Operator: Sam Marino; Narrators: Norman Brokenshire, Vincent Connolly

My Home Town: New Jersey: Freehold, Lakewood (1947); North Carolina: Burlington, Charlotte, Fayetteville, Hickory, Rockingham (1944); Lumberton, Mooresville (1946); Monroe, Wilmington (1947); South Carolina: Bennettsville, Clover (1946)

Raymond Film Company (New York; Philadelphia), 1919–1927

Producer: George R. Raymond; Associate: George S. Gullette

Making Motion Pictures, Decatur, Ill. (1927)

Who’s Who in . . . ? Kansas: Hutchinson (1924); Missouri: Springfield (unknown); Nevada: Reno (1921); New Jersey: Trenton (1919); North Carolina: Charlotte, Concord, Greensboro, High Point, Winston-Salem (1920); Winston-Salem (1922)

John B. Rogers (Fostoria, Ohio), 1939–1940

Camera Operators: J. Barton Elliott, B. J. Gudenkuf, Jerry Moore, Max Willetts; Directors: Robert H. Dore, Harry Dorrington, W. Frederic Reider, Florence Strauch, Don Vest, R. D. Wile

We’re in the Movies: Illinois: Arlington Heights, Harvey, Maywood (1940); Indiana: Ellwood (1940); Michigan: Ann Arbor (1939); Birmingham, Marshall, Sault Ste. Marie, Traverse City (1940); Albion (unknown); Missouri: Cape Girardeau (1940); New York: Salamanca, Silver Creek (1940); Pennsylvania: Curwensville (1940)

Note: John B. Rogers, who produced home talent plays, was active from 1903 until 1977 but only made films for this production.

Russell Motion Picture Company (Unknown), c. 1928

Who’s Who in . . . : Indiana: Valparaiso (1927); Ohio: Hamilton (1928)

Scenic Film Company (Atlanta), c. 1914–c. 1916

President: Carl Rountree; Director: J. Garnett Starr; Cinematographer: V. L Walker

Buy-A-Bale, Atlanta (1914)

Big Movie Ball, Atlanta (1916)

Georgia, the Empire State of the South, Atlanta (1915)

Mack Sennett Comedies Corporation (Los Angeles), 1917–1923

The Crossroads of . . Indiana: Fort Wayne (1922); Iowa: Dubuque (1923); Kentucky: Lexington, Louisville (1922); New York: Syracuse, Watertown (1922); Ohio: Cincinnati (1922)

Sowers Motion Picture Company (Denver), c. 1913

Proprietor: Arvine W. Sowers; Cinematography: Max Schneider

Unknown Titles: Colorado: Colorado Springs (1913); Utah: Salt Lake City (1913)

Special Event Film Manufacturing Company (New York), c. 1913

Director: Fred Beck

Unknown Titles: New York: Elmira; Utica (1913)

Note: Contemporary newspaper accounts note that Beck was traveling widely for his series of local views, though such activities might have been taken to promote the exhibitor camera his company was offering.

St. Louis Moving Picture Company (St. Louis), 1911–c. 1914

Arthur L. Kimball

The Pageant and Masque of St. Louis, St. Louis (1914)

Superior Film Company (Des Moines), c. 1913–c. 1916

Richard E. Norman, C. D. Tinsley, Don A. Davis, Morgan Howells, Charles A Vogman, Karl Vinigraff, Robert Blaylock

Laura the Lobbyist, Des Moines, Iowa (1915)

The Making of Chicago, Chicago (1916)

Unto The Least Of These, Des Moines, Iowa (1916)

Unknown Titles: Iowa: Maquoketa, Oelwein (1913); Des Moines, Muscatine (1914); Missouri: Trenton (1914)

Tinsley Film Company (Corning, Iowa), 1914–1941

Director: Charlie David Tinsley; Assistant: H. E. Christie

Adams County Gold, Corning, Iowa (1922)

Ak-Sar-Ben Parade, Corning, Iowa (1914)

Between Two Fires, Corning, Iowa (1914)

Chariton’s Heroes, Chariton, Iowa (1914)

The Church in the Wildwood, Unknown location (1928)

Ezra and June Take in the White City Corning, Iowa (1914)

The Fisherman’s Reward, Crystal Lake, Iowa (1914)

Hiram and Mandy see the Races, Creston, Iowa (1914)

An Innocent Prisoner, Afton and Creston, Iowa (1919)

Iowa Beautiful, Unknown location (1931)

Kohly’s Flying Circus, Corning, Iowa (1922)

Last Drill of the Boys of ’61, Corning, Iowa (1914)

Lazy Bones, Moville, Iowa (1935)

The Man at the Throttle: Iowa: Oelwein, Muscatine, Iowa City (1915)

Married on the Run, Oskaloosa, Iowa (1915)

The Mexican Raid, Corning, Iowa (1916)

Miss Lee’s Flirtation, and Hiram’s Mistake, Creston, Iowa (1914)

Not by a Dam Site, Corning, Iowa (1917)

On the Mexican Border, Corning, Iowa (1917)

Our Boys at Camp Cody, Corning, Iowa (1918)

Our Rainbow Boys, Corning, Iowa (1919)

Over There, Corning, Iowa (1918)

Red Oak Coursing Meet, Corning, Iowa (1914)

Rosebud Indian Reservation, Rosebud Indian Reservation, S.Dak. (1919)

Safety First, Corning, Iowa (1923)

Saved by the Stars and Stripes, Corning, Iowa (1914)

Turkey Day, Unknown location (1927)

Two Troublesome Tramps: Arkansas: Harrison (1931); Illinois: Carlinville (1926); Iowa: Afton, Malvern (1915); Anita, Carroll, Griswold (1917); Bedford (1919); Hamburg, Hawarden (1921); Glenwood (1922); Atlantic (1923); Lenox (1928); Lemars, Mason City (1930); Humboldt (1932); Kansas: Iola (1927); Missouri: Chillicothe, Maryville (1933); Minnesota: Wadena (1932); Nebraska: Plattsmouth (1919); Beatrice (1929); North Dakota: Grand Forks (1920); South Dakota: Aberdeen (1920); Deadwood (1927)

Watch Your Speed, Unknown location (1941)

The Wolf Hunt, Corning, Iowa (1915)

Tisdale Industrial Film Corp. (Chicago), 1914–1923

Director: R. J. Fahrer, Franklin M. Tisdale; Cinematographer: E. H. Davey; Assistants: A. J. Cooper, J. P. Knight, F. R. Martin

Unknown Titles: Kentucky: Fulton, Mayfield (1914); Illinois: Freeport (1920); Bloomington, Decatur, Evanston, Kankakee, Monmouth, Pekin, Peoria, Springfield (1921); Iowa: Burlington, Davenport, Ottuma, Waterloo (1921); Massachusetts: Fitchburg (1923); Michigan: Adrian (1920); New York: Binghamton (1916); Syracuse (1918); Ohio: Springfield (1920); Pennsylvania: Pittston (1915); Wisconsin: Eau Claire, La Crosse, Racine (1921)

Tourist Girl Film Company, 1915

Director: J. L. Siple

Tourist Girl: Alabama: Birmingham, Mobile, Montgomery (1915); Kentucky: Mammoth Cave (1915)

Towns and Cities Film Company, c. 1912

Producer: W. H. Frank

Unknown Titles: New York: Buffalo (1912); Pennsylvania: Scranton, Wilkes-Barre (1912); Carbondale (1913)

United Film Associates; Salvatore Pace Bondanza Cudia (New York), 1920–1934

For the Love of Dell, Philipsburg, Penn. (1928)

For the Love of Marcia, Huntingdon, Penn. (1928)

Mt. Holly in the Movies, Mt. Holly, N.J. (1924)

Three Wives, Baltimore (1934)

Unknown Titles: Indiana: Elwood (1932); New Jersey: Washington (1925); Pennsylvania: Lock Haven (1928)

Victor Film Advertising Company (Topeka, Kans.), 1912

O. W. Lamb, C. H. Strawn, R. C. Strawn, H. F. Charles

Seeing Topeka First, Topeka, Kans. (1912)

H. Lee Waters (Lexington, N.C.), 1936–1942

Movies of Local People: North Carolina: Albemarle, Belmont, Boone, Concord, Cooleemee, Henderson, Kannapolis, Kernersville, Liberty, Mount Holly, Roxboro, Sanford, Siler City, Thomasville, Troy (1936); Angier, Benson, China Grove, Clayton, Cliffside, Concord, Draper, Durham, Erwin, Forest City, Fuquay Springs, Gastonia, Granite Falls, Hillsboro, Kernersville, Kings Mountain, Leaksville Boulevard, Lenoir, Louisburg, Mooresville, North Wilkesboro, Roxboro, Rutherfordton, Selma, Shelby, Siler City, Smithfield, Spindale, Spray, Thomasville (1937); Asheboro, Charlotte, Cherryville, China Grove, Cramerton, Elkin, Gastonia, Granite Falls, Henderson, Kannapolis, Lexington, Mocksville, Mooresville, Mt. Gilead, Newton, North Wilkesboro, Norwood, Oxford, Raeford, Red Springs, Rockingham, Roxboro, Shelby, Spencer, Spindale, Swannanoa, Troy, Wadesboro, Winston-Salem (1938); Angier, Asheboro, Burlington, Chapel Hill, Concord, Cooleemee, Cramerton, Denton, Erwin, Gastonia, Gibsonville, Greensboro, Henderson, Hillsboro, Jackson, Kernersville, Liberty, Lillington, Madison, Mebane, Mooresville, Nashville, Newton, North Wilkesboro, Oxford, Pilot Mountain, Pineville, Pittsboro, Rockingham, Roxboro, Scotland Neck, Siler City, Spencer, Taylorsville, Thomasville, Troy, Wake Forest, Warrenton (1939); Asheboro, Burlington, Cliffside, Cooleemee, Durham, Elkin, Gastonia, Kernersville, Kings Mountain, Lexington, Mocksville, Roxboro, Salisbury, Statesville, Thomasville, Troy (1940); Apex, Asheboro, Burlington, Concord, Conover, Denton, Elkin, Gastonia, Granite Falls, Hickory, Kannapolis, Kings Mountain, Lumberton, Madison, Mayodan, Mocksville, Monroe, Mt. Airy, North Wilkesboro, Oxford, Pittsboro, Rockingham, Rockwell, Roxboro, Siler City, Spencer, Valdese, Warrenton (1941); Bessemer City, Burlington, Concord, Conover, Fort Mill, Gastonia, Graham, Granite Falls, Haw River, Pittsboro, Rockwell, Siler City, Spencer, Valdese (1942); South Carolina: Winnsboro (1936); Blacksburg, Chester, Fort Mill, Gaffney, Great Falls, Lancaster, Lockhart, Rock Hill, York (1937); Bishopville, Camden, Cheraw, Chesterfield, Gaffney, Great Falls, Hartsville, Rock Hill, Timmonsville (1938); Fort Mill, Fountain Inn, Rock Hill, Whitmire, Woodruff (1939); Tennessee: Mountain City (1940); Virginia: Bassett, Fieldale, Martinsville (1937); Bassett (1938); Danville, Martinsville, Wytheville (1939); Damascus, Dante, Lebanon, Saltville (1940); Bassett, Fieldale (1941)

Western Producing Association (Seattle), 1919–1920

Director: Gladys Parker; Assistants: Gladys West, Bernice Agatz; Cinematography: Frank Jacobs

Helen’s Dollars: Washington: Aberdeen, Olympia (1920)

Zenith Motion Picture Company (Chicago; New York), 1914–1921

Associates: W. E. Aten, Otto A. Brinner, M. W. McGee, H. S. Moss; Camera operator: Morris E. Hair, G. L Howe

The Girl and the Tramp, Lima, Ohio (1915)

Making Good, Clinton, Iowa (1914)

The Man Who Made Good, Racine, Wis. (1914)

Rochelle under the Commission Form of Government, Rochelle, Ill. (1915)

Secret Orders, Racine, Wis. (1916)

Unknown Titles: Illinois: Morris (1915); Indiana: Kokomo (1914); Iowa: Dubuque (1916); Missouri: Joplin (1916); Wisconsin: Janesville, Oshkosh (1914)

NOTES

1. The filmography for Melton Barker can be found on the website http://www.meltonbarker.org/film-search/, which is maintained by Caroline Frick. Frick’s 2010 filmography for itinerant filmmakers includes the films of Arthur J. Higgins: http://www.meltonbarker.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Filmography.pdf.