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Bison (Firm)


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    • Bison Motion Pictures
    • Bison Life Motion Pictures
    • 101 Bison (Firm)
    • Bison Company
    • Bison Pictures
    • Bison Films
    • Bison 101 Company
    • Bison 101 Ranch Films
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      • found: The Indian massacre, 1912 :(produced by Bison; name not given)
      • found: Langman, L. A guide to silent Westerns, 1992:p . 224 (The Indian massacre, Bison, 1912; reissued under the title The heart of an Indian)
      • found: Internet movie database WWW site, viewed Oct.12, 2012(The heart of an Indian; reissue title for The Indian massacre; production company, Bison Motion Pictures)
      • found: Lauritzen, E., American film-index 1908-1915, 1976:p. xii (Bison; Bison Life Motion Pictures; 101 Bison; producing company, established in May 1909 by Adam Kessel, Jr., Charles O. Bauman and Fred Balshover; first made films in Coyotesville, NJ, later established a studio in Elendale, CA; later made a deal with Miller Brothers' 101 Ranch and changed name to 101 Bison; later Kessel & Bauman lost the use of the Bison name to Universal)
      • found: The moving picture world, v. 5, no. 27, Dec. 31, 1909:p. 947 (Bison Films)
      • found: Wikipedia WWW site, viewed Oct. 12, 2012:article on Edendale, Los Angeles (in 1909, Thomas H. Ince shifted the operation of Bison Pictures from Edendale to a tract of land in Santa Ynez Canyon)
      • found: Filmsite WWW site, viewed Oct. 12, 2012(Bison Company used Miller Brothers' 101 Ranch and Wild West Show props and performers and was renamed Bison 101 Company)
      • found: Fultonhistory WWW site, viewed Oct. 12, 2012The billboard, Jan. 27, 1912, p. 14 (Bauman goes abroad in the interests of Bison 101 Ranch Films)
      • found: Fultonhistory WWW site, viewed Oct. 12, 2012The billboard, Oct. 19, 1912, p. 14 (legal controversy between the Bison or New York Motion Picture Co., and Universal Film Manufacturing Company ended on Oct. 11, 1912; the New York Motion Picture Company relinquishes the right to use the name Bison or 101 Bison; retains studio properties in NY and California)
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      • 2012-10-12: new
      • 2012-10-24: revised
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