The Equity Motion Picture Company
Moving Picture World, 1915-12-18, Page 2212
Billy B. Van’s Equity Motion Picture Company is said to have combined with the Public Service Film Company under a reorganized corporation, with plans to begin production at its Ridgefield Park, New Jersey studio.
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THE EQUITY MOTION PICTURE CO.
The Equity Motion Picture Co., Inc., of New York, that has been filming comedies featuring Billy B. Van, the comedian, and the Public Service Film Co., of New York, that has been handling and exhibiting moving pictures, have combined forces with a capitalzation of one million dollars, with Billy B. Van as president, Joseph Leblang, vice-president, Alexander L. Jones, treasurer, and Morris Cohen, secretary and counsel. The administrative offices of the company are located in the Strand Theatre Building. The new Equity Motion Picture Co. have built a studio at Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, where they will commence picture making on or about the first of the year.
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1915-11-06 Billy B. Van's Company Studio in Ridgefield Park, NJ
1915-12-10 Leblang-Van Combination
1915-12-25 Gunby Bros Have Not Sold Studio
1916-01-01 Gunby Brothers Deny Sale of Studio and Laboratories