The Morosco Photoplay Company was created in 1914 by

Frank Garbutt Garbutt House is a 20-room mansion in the Silver Lake section of Los Angeles built from 1926 to 1928 as the residence of Frank A. Garbutt. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. Frank A. Garbutt Frank A. Garbutt, an ...

. It was named for

Oliver Morosco Oliver Morosco (June 20, 1875 – August 25, 1945) was an American theatrical producer, director, writer, film producer, and theater owner. He owned the Morosco Photoplay Company. He brought many of his theater actors to the screen. Frank A. Garb ...

. In 1916, it was acquired by

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation Famous Players-Lasky Corporation was an American motion picture and distribution company formed on June 28, 1916, from the merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company—originally formed by Zukor as Famous Players in Famous Plays—and ...

and became a subsidiary.

Charles Eyton Charles Eyton (24 June 1871 – 2 July 1941) was an actor-producer who became general manager of Famous Players-Lasky Corporation (a Paramount Pictures subsidiary) during the silent film era. Personal life Charles F. Eyton was the son of H ...

was appointed to supervise the company's productions. It was one of the initial companies involved with Associated Motion Picture Advertisers. The studio's productions were produced at 201 North Occidental in

Hollywood Hollywood usually refers to: * Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California * Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States Hollywood may also refer to: Places United States * Hollywood District (disambiguation) * Hollywood, ...

Filmography

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The Wild Olive ''The Wild Olive'' is a lost 1915 American drama silent film directed by Oscar Apfel and written by Elmer Blaney Harris, Basil King and Oliver Morosco. The film stars Myrtle Stedman, Forrest Stanley, Mary Ruby, Charles Marriott, Edmund Lowe and H ...

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Captain Courtesy ''Captain Courtesy'' is a lost film, lost 1915 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Phillips Smalley and Lois Weber based upon a novel by Edward Childs Carpenter. The film stars Dustin Farnum, Courtenay Foote, Winifred Kingston, H ...

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Kilmeny (film) ''Kilmeny'' is a surviving 1915 American comedy silent film directed by Oscar Apfel and written by Louise B. Stanwood. The film stars Lenore Ulric, William Desmond, Doris Baker, Herbert Standing, Howard Davies and Gordon Griffith. The film was ...

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Pretty Mrs. Smith ''Pretty Mrs. Smith'' is a lost 1915 American comedy silent film directed by Hobart Bosworth and written by Elmer Blaney Harris and Oliver Morosco. The film stars Fritzi Scheff, Louis Bennison, Forrest Stanley, Owen Moore and Lela Bliss. The film ...

'' (1915) *'' Peer Gynt (1915 film)'' *''

The Rug Maker's Daughter ''The Rug Maker's Daughter'' is a 1915 American adventure silent film directed by Oscar Apfel and written by Julia Crawford Ivers. The film stars Maud Allan, Forrest Stanley, Jane Darwell, Howard Davies, Herbert Standing and Laura Woods Cushing. ...

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Help Wanted (1915 film) ''Help Wanted'' is a 1915 American drama silent film directed by Hobart Bosworth and written by Elmer Blaney Harris and Jack Lait. The film stars Hobart Bosworth, Lillian Elliott, Adele Farrington, Lois Meredith, Owen Moore, Herbert Standing and ...

'' *'' Sunshine Molly'' (1915) *''

Little Sunset ''Little Sunset'' is a 1915 American comedy silent film directed by Hobart Bosworth and written by Charles Emmett Van Loan. The film stars Hobart Bosworth, Gordon Griffith, Rhea Haines, Joe Ray and Marshall Stedman. The film was released on May ...

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Betty in Search of a Thrill ''Betty in Search of a Thrill'' is a lost film, lost 1915 American silent film, silent adventure film that was directed by Phillips Smalley and Lois Weber and written by Elsie Janis. The film stars Elsie Janis, Owen Moore, Juanita Hansen, Herbert ...

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An International Marriage ''An International Marriage'' is a 1916 American silent comedy film directed by Frank Lloyd and written by George Broadhurst. The film stars Rita Jolivet, Marc Robbins, Elliott Dexter, Grace Carlyle, Olive White, and Courtenay Foote. The film ...

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The Stronger Love ''The Stronger Love'' is a 1916 American drama silent film directed by Frank Lloyd, written by Julia Crawford Ivers, and starring Vivian Martin, Edward Peil, Sr., Frank Lloyd, Jack Livingston, Alice Knowland, and Herbert Standing. It was releas ...

'' (1916) *''

Redeeming Love (film) ''Redeeming Love'' is a 1916 American drama silent film directed by William Desmond Taylor and written by Gardner Hunting and L. V. Jefferson. The film stars Kathlyn Williams, Thomas Holding, Wyndham Standing, Herbert Standing, Jane Keckle ...

'' (1916) *''

The Road to Love ''The Road to Love'' is a surviving 1916 American Drama film, drama silent film directed by Scott Sidney and written by Blanche Dougan Cole and Gardner Hunting. The film stars Lenore Ulric, Colin Chase, Lucille Ward, Estelle Allen, Gayne Whitman ...

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Her Father's Son ''Her Father's Son'' is a 1916 American silent comedy film directed by William Desmond Taylor and written by Anna Fielder Brand and L. V. Jefferson. The film stars Vivian Martin, Gayne Whitman, Herbert Standing, Helen Jerome Eddy, Joe Masse ...

'' (1916) *''

Pasquale (film) ''Pasquale'' is a 1916 American comedy silent film directed by William Desmond Taylor and written by George Beban and Lawrence McCloskey. The film stars George Beban, Helen Jerome Eddy, Page Peters, Jack Nelson, Myrtle Stedman and Nigel De Bruli ...

'' (1916) *''

The Making of Maddalena ''The Making of Maddalena'' is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and written by L. V. Jefferson based upon a play by Samuel Service and Mary Service. The film stars Edna Goodrich, Forrest Stanley, Howard Davies, Jo ...

'' (1916) *''

Out of the Wreck ''Out of the Wreck'' is a surviving 1917 American Drama film, drama silent film directed by William Desmond Taylor and written by Maude Erve Corsan and Gardner Hunting. The film stars Kathlyn Williams, William Clifford (actor), William Clifford, W ...

'' (1917) *''

The World Apart ''The World Apart'' is a lost 1917 silent film western directed by William Desmond Taylor and starring Wallace Reid and Myrtle Stedman. It was produced by Oliver Morosco Photoplay Company (Oliver Morosco) and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

'' (1917) *'' His Sweetheart'' (1917) *''

The Varmint ''The Varmint'' is a lost 1917 American comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, book ...

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Happiness of Three Women ''Happiness of Three Women'' is a 1917 American drama silent film directed by William Desmond Taylor and written by Adele Harris and Albert Payson Terhune. The film stars House Peters, Sr., Myrtle Stedman, Larry Steers, Daisy Jefferson, William ...

'' (1917) *''

The Cook of Canyon Camp ''The Cook of Canyon Camp'' is a lost 1917 American drama silent film directed by Donald Crisp and written by Donald Crisp and Julia Crawford Ivers. The film stars George Beban, Monroe Salisbury, Florence Vidor, Helen Jerome Eddy and John Burton. ...

'' (1917) *''

Giving Becky a Chance ''Giving Becky a Chance'' is a 1917 American drama silent film directed by Howard Estabrook, and written by Lois Zellner and Edith Kennedy. The film stars Vivian Martin, Jack Holt, Jack Richardson, Pietro Sosso and Alice Knowland. The film was r ...

'' (1917) *''

Jack and Jill (1917 film) ''Jack and Jill'' is a 1917 American Western silent film directed by William Desmond Taylor and written by Gardner Hunting and Margaret Turnbull. The film stars Jack Pickford, Louise Huff, Leo Houck, Don Bailey, J.H. Holland, and Jack Hoxie. The ...

'' (1917) *''

The Highway of Hope ''The Highway of Hope'' is a lost 1917 American Western silent film directed by Howard Estabrook and written by Harvey Gates and Willard Mack. The film stars House Peters, Sr., Kathlyn Williams, Jim Farley and Harry De Vere. The film was releas ...

'' (1917) *''

The Marcellini Millions ''The Marcellini Millions'' is a 1917 American drama silent film directed by Donald Crisp and written by George Beban and Edith M. Kennedy. The film stars George Beban, Helen Jerome Eddy, Pietro Sosso, Henry Woodward, Fred Huntley and Mae Gaston. ...

'' (1917) *''

'' (1917) *'' His Majesty, Bunker Bean'' (1918)

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