Yorke Film Corporation

American film company
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Yorke Film Corporation was a film company. The company's films were distributed by Metro Pictures. Fred J. Balshofer and Joseph Engel were involved with the company.[1] Balshofer formed the company to produce films pairing the popular Harold Lockwood and May Allison. Lockwood died of influenza in 1918.[2] The company relocated to Los Angeles and took over a studio from Nevada Film Company.[3]

A photograph of Lockwood with two child actors was taken during production of Big Tremaine.[4]

On December 2, 1916, May Allison was featured on the cover of Motography while she was part of Yorke Film Company.

Many of the films were shot on location.[5]

Filmography

  • The Masked Rider (1916),
  • Pidgin Island (1916),
  • Big Tremaine (1916)
  • Mister 44 (1916)
  • The River of Romance (1916 film)
  • Paradise Garden (1917)
  • The Hidden Spring (1917)
  • The Avenging Trail (1917)
  • The Promise (1917)[6]
  • The Winding Trail (1918 film)
  • The Landloper (1918)
  • Lend Me Your Name (1918)
  • Pals First (1918)
  • Broadway Bill (1918 film)
  • Shadows of Suspicion (1919)
  • The Great Romance (film) (1919)
  • A Man of Honor (1919)
  • The Haunted Pajamas (1917), a follow-up to Hidden Spring[7]
  • The Promise (Yorke film)
  • Under Handicap
  • Broadway Bill
  • The Square Deceiver
  • The Hidden Spring

Further reading

  • One Reel a Week by Fred J. Balshofer, University of California Press (1967)

References

  1. ^ "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List".
  2. ^ Lussier, Tim (2018-10-17). "Bare Knees" Flapper: The Life and Films of Virginia Lee Corbin. ISBN 9781476634258.
  3. ^ "The Moving Picture World". 1916.
  4. ^ "Harold Lockwood and two child actors | Photograph". December 2003.
  5. ^ Balshofer, Fred J.; Miller, Arthur C. "One Reel a Week".
  6. ^ "Yorke Film Corp". Archived from the original on February 11, 2023.
  7. ^ "AFI|Catalog".