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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- One Reel a Week by Fred J. Balshofer, University of California Press (1967)
References[edit]
- ^ "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List".
- ^ Lussier, Tim (2018-10-17). "Bare Knees" Flapper: The Life and Films of Virginia Lee Corbin. ISBN 9781476634258.
- ^ "The Moving Picture World". 1916.
- ^ "Harold Lockwood and two child actors | Photograph". December 2003.
- ^ Balshofer, Fred J.; Miller, Arthur C. "One Reel a Week".
- ^ "Yorke Film Corp". Archived from the original on February 11, 2023.
- ^ "AFI|Catalog".