Nestor Film Company

Nestor Studios
	Hollywood, California
Key people	David Horsley; William Horsley

34°05′54″N 118°19′21″W / 34.098280°N 118.322558°W / 34.098280; -118.322558

The Nestor Film Company, originally known as the Nestor Motion Picture Company, was an American

Universal Film Manufacturing Company, on May 20, 1912. Nestor remained a recognizable brand name for Universal until at least the middle of 1917.^{[citation needed}

]

History

Al Christie; camera operator Walter Pritchard; Milton H. Fahrney (on horseback), director of Westerns; David Horsley with his young son; camera operator Tom Harding; Thomas Ricketts, director of dramas and comedies.

The Best Man Wins (1911), directed by Thomas Ricketts

Christie–Nestor Studios (1913)

Operating on Cupid (1915), directed by Horace Davey

The Nestor Film Company was founded in 1909 as the West Coast production unit of the Centaur Film Company located in Bayonne, New Jersey, owned and operated by David Horsley and his brother, William Horsley.^[2]

On October 27, 1911,^[1]^[3] Nestor opened the first movie studio actually located in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles. It was at the Blondeau Tavern building on the northwest corner of Sunset Boulevard and Gower Street. The first motion picture stage in Hollywood was built behind the tavern.

Other

Al Christie. Christie moved permanently to Southern California from the East, where he had been working with the Horsleys creating the popular silent-era Mutt and Jeff comedy shorts

.

One division at the Hollywood location, under

drama

. In addition to running the operation, Christie oversaw a weekly production of a one-reel Mutt and Jeff episode.

The Horsley brothers remained in New Jersey, where their laboratory and offices handled the Hollywood studio's film processing and distribution.

Other filmmakers began opening studios in the Hollywood area.

On May 20, 1912, the Nestor Film Company merged with the

Universal Film Manufacturing Company,^[4] headed by Carl Laemmle. Several other motion picture companies, including Laemmle's Independent Moving Pictures (IMP), merged with Universal, which had been founded in April 1912.^[5] Nestor became a brand name that Universal used until at least mid-1917.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Ellenberger, Allan R. (October 27, 2011). "The 100th anniversary of Hollywood's first movie studio". Hollywoodland. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
^ ^a ^b "Nestor Film Company". The Progressive Silent Film List. Silent Era. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
^ "Bronze Memorial Will Mark First Hollywood Studio Site." Los Angeles Times. Sep. 25, 1940. p. A 1.
^ Harleman, G. P. von (March 10, 1917). "Motion Picture Studios of California". The Moving Picture World. p. 1601. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
^ "About Us: Universal Studios History". The Filmmakers Destination. NBCUniversal. Retrieved 2016-02-12.

External links

Photo of Universal City Nov. 24 1913 by Bailey, Chas. Z.
Archive of the Nestor Film Company- The Silent Film Channel
Universal Image collection on Flickr

[Ellenberger_Anniversary-1] Ellenberger, Allan R. (October 27, 2011). "The 100th anniversary of Hollywood's first movie studio". Hollywoodland. Retrieved 2016-02-12.

[Nestor_Silent_Era-2] "Nestor Film Company". The Progressive Silent Film List. Silent Era. Retrieved 2016-02-12.

[Los_Angeles_Times_1940-3] "Bronze Memorial Will Mark First Hollywood Studio Site." Los Angeles Times. Sep. 25, 1940. p. A 1.

[4] Harleman, G. P. von (March 10, 1917). "Motion Picture Studios of California". The Moving Picture World. p. 1601. Retrieved 2016-02-12.

[5] "About Us: Universal Studios History". The Filmmakers Destination. NBCUniversal. Retrieved 2016-02-12.

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