Warwick Trading Company
| Industry | Film production |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1898 in London, England |
| Defunct | 1915 |
The Warwick Trading Company was a British film production and distribution company, which operated between 1898 and 1915.
History
The Warwick Trading Company had its origins in the London office of Maguire and Baucus, a firm run by two American businessmen who, from 1894, acted as agents marketing films and projectors produced by
Lumière brothers.[1]
Later that year,
George Albert Smith, James Williamson and Georges Méliès.[1] The company also sold film equipment manufactured by Alfred Darling.[4] At its peak, the Company either produced or distributed three-quarters of the films exhibited in Britain.[5]
Urban left the company in 1903, amid disagreements with Maguire and Baucus, and also with Alfred Jackaman Ellis, who had become the co-managing director in 1900.Cherry Kearton, after which the company went into receivership.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d Gray, Frank. "Franck Zeveley Maguire and Joseph Delaney Baucus". Who's Who of Victorian Cinema. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ Urban 1999, p. 45.
- ^ a b Urban 1999, p. 88-89.
- ^ McKernan, Luke. "Charles Urban". Who's Who of Victorian Cinema. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-415-23440-5.
- ^ Urban 1999, p. 88.
- ^ Urban 1999, p. 86.
- Bibliography
- Urban, Charles (1999). A Yank in Britain: The Lost Memoirs of Charles Urban, Film Pioneer. The Projection Box. ISBN 978-0-9523941-2-9.
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