Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List

Silent Era Home Page > PSFL > Companies > A > Artcraft Pictures Corporation

A growing source of silent era film information.
This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett.
Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company.
All Rights Reserved.

About This Listing

Report Omissions or Errors
in This Listing

Artcraft Pictures Corporation
Type of Company	Distribution company
Country of Origination	United States of America
Years of Operation	Formed 16 August 1916 Active through January 1918
Company Principals	Walter E. Greene, president (1916-1917) Adolph Zukor (1916-1918), president (circa 1917) Jesse L. Lasky, vice president (circa 1917) Cecil B. DeMille, director general (circa 1917)
Company Offices	729 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York, USA (circa 1917)
Company Exchanges	unknown
Artcraft Pictures Corporation was formed 16 August 1916 to distribute productions by Mary Pickford Film Corporation. Artcraft Pictures Corporation was purchased on 1 May 1917 ([?] Eyman-Pickford p. ? lists 15 April 1917) by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation. In January 1918, Artcraft Pictures was reduced by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation to a distribution brand name for Paramount Pictures Corporation. References: Eyman-Pickford p. ?.

Silent Era Home Page > PSFL > Companies > A > Artcraft Pictures Corporation

LINKS IN THIS COLUMN
WILL TAKE YOU TO
EXTERNAL WEBSITES

•

SUPPORT SILENT ERA
USING THESE LINKS
WHEN SHOPPING AT
AMAZON

•