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The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated
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Type of Company
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Production and distribution company
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Country of Origination
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United States of America
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Years of Operation
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Formed 1897
Active 1897 through 1917 |
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Company Principals
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Colonel William N. Selig
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Company Offices
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41 Peck Court, Chicago, Illinois, USA (circa February 1907)
43-45 Peck Court, Chicago, Illinois, USA (circa January 1908)
45-47-49 East Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA (circa 1909)
20 East Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA (circa 1913)
1600 Broadway, New York, New York, USA (circa 1915)
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Company Studios
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45-47-49 East Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA (circa 1909 through circa 1913)
in the block bordered by Irving Park Road, Western Avenue, Byron Street and Claremont Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Jacksonville, Florida (Winter production)
Prescott, Arizona (circa 1913)
1845 Allesandro [?] Street or Avenue? (Glendale Boulevard), Edendale (Los Angeles), California, USA (circa December 1909 or January 1910)
3900 Mission Road, [?] Edendale? California, USA (built 1911)
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The Selig Polyscope Company was previously The W.N. Selig Company and Mutoscope & Film Company (formed 1896). The Selig Polyscope Company was incorporated by circa January 1908 into The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated. Selig advertised (circa 1913) branch offices in London, St. Petersburg, Paris, Budapest and Berlin.
The company’s productions were self-distributed until circa April 1910, when Selig was forced to distributed through The General Film Company, Incorporated (through circa April 1914). Selig joined other companies to establish V-L-S-E, Incorporated, which took over Selig distribution circa April 1914 through September 1916. In 1920, Selig productions were distributed on State Rights basis by Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated.
References: Robinson-Palace pp. 115, 116, 117 : MovPicWorld-19070309 p. 13 : Website-AFI : with additional information provided by Jeff Look.
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