King-Bee Films Corporation was a film production company in the U.S. that released two-real short film comedies during the silent film era. The company's stars included Billy West, a

Charlie Chaplin Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is consider ...

imitator.

Louis Burstein Louis Burstein (1878 – March 25, 1923), sometimes credited as Louis Burston, was a film producer. He co-founded Vim Comedy Company. He was born in Russia. He led Vim and King-Bee filming operations in Jacksonville, Florida. Burstein die ...

was the company's president and general manager. He established it in 1917 after the breakup of

Vim Comedy Company The Vim Comedy Company was a short-lived movie studio in Jacksonville, Florida and New York City. Vim bought out Siegmund Lubin's Lubin Manufacturing Company Jacksonville, Florida facilities at 750 Riverside Avenue in 1915 after that company ...

to produce comedies starring West.

Oliver Hardy Oliver Norvell Hardy (born Norvell Hardy; January 18, 1892 – August 7, 1957) was an American comic actor and one half of Laurel and Hardy, the double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted from 1926 to 1957. He appeared with his c ...

and

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also acted for the company. It operated a studio in Jacksonville, Florida, then

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and finally at 1329 Gordon Street in Hollywood, California. Its offices were in New York.

History

King-Bee had offices in New York and Hollywood, California. The company's production sites included Jacksonville, Florida. Arvid E. Gillstrom directed for King-Bee. Members of the company on their way to Hollywood were entertained in Chicago by members of the Standard Films Corporation. King Bee's Billy West comedies were in such demand it wanted him to work on two at a time.

Filmography

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'' 1917 a Billy West comedies film *'' The Villain'' 1917 a Billy West comedies film * '' The Slave'' 1917 a Billy West comedies film * '' The Pest'' 1917 a Billy West comedies film *'' The Millionaire'' 1917 a Billy West comedies film *'' Dough Nuts'' 1917 a Billy West comedies film *'' The Candy Kid'' 1917 a Billy West comedies film *'' Back Stage'' a Billy West comedies film *'' The Pest'' (1917), extant * ''

The Orderly ''The Orderly'' is a 1918 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Cast * Billy West as Sanitarium orderly * Oliver Hardy (as Babe Hardy) * Leatrice Joy * Ethel Marie Burton * Leo White * Joe Bordeaux * Bud Ross See also * Oliv ...

'' 1918 a Billy West comedies film * '' The Stranger'' 1918 a Billy West comedies film * '' The Messenger'' 1918 a Billy West comedies film *''

His Day Out ''His Day Out'' is a surviving 1918 American silent comedy short film featuring Oliver Hardy. Cast * Billy West as Billy * Leatrice Joy as Joy * Oliver Hardy as Oliver * Leo White * Joe Bordeaux * Ethel Marie Burton * Bud Ross as The Fathe ...

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References

{{Authority control Silent film studios Defunct companies based in California Defunct companies based in New York City