William M. Pizor (1890–1959) was a pioneering film producer who also had a distribution company, Imperial Distributing Corporation. He was also president of production company Imperial Pictures. His son

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succeeded him in the film business. He handled Westerns, documentaries, and foreign films he distributed in the U.S. Pizor made a deal with producer Louis Weiss to purchase 8 2-reel westerns. Pizor produced a narrated travelogue short film about

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in 1937 titled '' A Street of Memory''. It is extant.

Filmography

*'' A Chocolate Cowboy'' (1925) *'' Gasoline Cowboy'' (1926) *'' Was He Guilty?'' (1927) *''

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'' (1927) *'' The Mansion of Mystery'' (1927 *'' The Rustler's End'' (1928) *'' Flash of the Forest'' (1928) *''

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'', an extant Sid Smith and Teddy Reavis comedy *''

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'', a comedy with Teddy Reavis. Extant. *''

Trails of Treachery ''Trails of Treachery'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Robert J. Horner and starring Fred Church and Ione Reed.Langman, p. 465 Cast * Fred Church * Ione Reed Ione Reed (1903–1985) was an American film actress. She pl ...

'' (1928) starring Montana Bill *''

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'' (1928) starring Fat O'Brien and Dorothy Tallcott *''

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'' (1929) *'' Raffles N' Rubber'' (1931) *'' Secret Menace'' (1931) *'' Ragus Yugo-Slavia (1931) *''

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'' (1931), reissue with sound of 1920 documentary *''

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'' (1931) *'' Ubangi'' (1931) *''

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'' (1932) *'' The Texan'' (1932) *''

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'' (1932) *''

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'' (1933) *'' The Flaming Signal'' (1933) *'' The Throne of the Gods'' (1933) *'' Call of the Coyote'' (1934) *'' The Woman Who Dared'' (1933) *'' The Lone Rider'' (1934) *'' Arizona Cyclone'' (1934) *'' Port O'Call'' / '' City of the Sun (1934) *'' Pals of the Prairie'' (1934) *'' The Way of the West'' (1934) *'' Napoleon's Waterloo'' (1934) *'' Twisted Rails'' (1934) *'' Wild Waters'' (1934) *'' Pals of the West'' (1934) *'' Carrying the Mail'' (1934) *''

Sundown Trail ''Sundown Trail'' is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film written and directed by Robert F. Hill and starring Tom Keene, Marion Shilling, Nick Stuart, Hooper Atchley and Stanley Blystone. It was released on September 11, 1931, by RKO Picture ...

'' (1934) *'' After the Storm (1935 film)'' (1935)https://www.loc.gov/programs/static/national-film-preservation-board/documents/silent_film_project.010218.pdf *'' Manhattan Butterfly'' (1935) *'' The Broken Coin'' (1936) *'' Paradise Valley'' (1936) *'' Gateway to the North'' (1937) *''A Street of Memory'', a narrated travelogue about

in Los Angeles

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pizor, William American film production company founders 1959 deaths 1890 births

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