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H.C. Weaver
Productions,
Incorporated
 
Type of Company Production company
Country of Origination United States of America
Years of Operation Formed 1924
Active late 1925 through 1927
Dissolved 1928
Company Principals H.C. Weaver, president (1924-1927?)
A.D. Bjornstad, auditor (circa 1926)
Company Offices 1600 Titlow Road, Tacoma, Washington, USA
Company Studios 1600 Titlow Road, Tacoma, Washington, USA

H.C. Weaver Productions, Incorporated, productions were distributed by The Associated Exhibitors, Incorporated, presumely through Pathé Exchange, Incorporated (1926) and by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated (1927). The independent production company built a large production stage (105 feet by 180 feet with a 52-foot high ceiling) from October through December 1924, on a 5.5 acre plot near Titlow Beach on Puget Sound, at a cost of approximately $50,000. At the time, it was the third-largest freestanding film production space in America, with the two larger facilities being located in Hollywood. The studio was publicly dedicated on 14 December 1924.

It is not known whether the Weaver studio, which had its own projection, developing and titling capabilities and utilized electrical lighting exclusively, rented studio space to other independent producers. Apparently, the business plan was to lure film production from Hollywood. H.C. Weaver Productions did not release their first film production until January 1926, Hearts and Fists (1926). Their second release, Eyes of the Totem (1927), was shot beginning in March 1926, but was not immediately released. Both the second Weaver film and their last production, The Heart of the Yukon (1927), were released in May 1927.

After the Weaver studios closed its doors in 1928, the facility was maintained by the Herbert Thomas family, who lived on the premises as caretakers. Thomas died after being struck by a car on 17 December 1931. In 1932, the Weaver studio building was converted into a dance hall but was lost to an accidental fire on 24 August 1932.

References: Website-TPL.

 
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