Alco Films, established as Alco Film Corporation, was a short-lived American

film distributor A film distributor is responsible for the Film promotion, marketing of a film. The distribution company may be the same with, or different from, the production company. Distribution deals are an important part of financing a film. The distributo ...

established in New York City during the

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era in 1914. It was co-founded by

Al Lichtman Alexander Lichtman (April 9, 1888 – February 20, 1958) was a film salesman, occasionally working as a film producer. He was president of United Artists in 1935. He proposed the process of block booking to Adolph Zukor, which became industry sta ...

. The company worked to establish exclusive distribution deals with

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networks for its films. It entered bankruptcy proceedings in 1915 after internal strife, but the shareholders reorganized as

Metro Pictures Metro Pictures Corporation was a Film, motion picture production company founded in early 1915 in Jacksonville, Florida. It was a forerunner of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The company produced its films in New York, Los Angeles, and sometimes at leas ...

in January 1915.

Selected filmography

* '' The Nightingale'' (1914) * ''

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'' (1914) * '' Tillie's Punctured Romance'' (1914) * '' Shore Acres'' (1914)

References

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