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World Film Manufacturing Company,
Incorporated
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Type of Company
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Production 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 [?] 1908?
Active 1908 through circa 1909-1910
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Company Principals
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Lewis H. Moomaw, general manager (circa April 1909)
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Company Offices
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1668 Washington Street, Baker City, Oregon, USA (circa September 1908)
27th and Upshur Street, Portland, Oregon, USA (circa November 1908)
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Company Studios
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[?] Baker City, Oregon, USA?
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World Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, is not to be confused with the latter World Film Manufacturing Company or with World Film Corporation. The company was likely dissolved after a studio fire in late 1909 or early 1910.
References: Poole-Studio p. 326 : Website-AFI.
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[The Moving Picture World, 19 September 1908, page ?] The World Film Mfg. Co., 1668 Washington Street, Baker City, Ore., advise us that their new plant is now running smoothly and that they are at work on a number of subjects which they expect will appeal to every exhibitor as soon as they become known. Among the subjects that are now ready and which will be released at an early date are: ‘The Amateur Bicyclist,’ comedy; ‘A Desperate Chance,’ dramatic; ‘The New Houseman’s Dream,’ comedy; ‘Brother Lieutenant,’ a war story; ‘The Umatilla Indians,’ educational; ‘A New Electrical Discovery and Its Uses,’ comedy; ‘Buying a Hat,’ comedy; ‘The Man with the Big Mouth,’ comedy.
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