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Jesse L. Lasky
Feature Play Company,
Incorporated
 
Type of Company Production company
Country of Origination United States of America
Years of Operation Formed 1913
Active 1913 through [?] September or October? 1915
Merged [?] September or October? 1915
Company Principals Jesse L. Lasky, president (1913-1915)
Samuel Goldfish (Samuel Goldwyn), treasurer and general manager (1913-1915)
Cecil B. DeMille, director general (1913-1915)
Arthur S. Friend, treasurer (circa 1916) and corporate lawyer (1913-?)
Company Offices Longacre Theatre, 220 West 48th Street, New York, New York, USA (1914 through circa 1915)
120 West 41st Street, New York, New York, USA (circa 1915)
Company Studios Selma and Vine Street (1913)
Fort Lee, New Jersey, USA (circa 1917)

Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, Incorporated, was established in 1913. Early feature film productions were distributed on State Rights basis. The company merged with Famous Players Film Company into the Famous Players-Lasky Company in [?] September or October? 1915.

References: Birchard-DeMille p. 3; Robinson-Palace p. 117 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb; Website-Wikipedia.

 
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