BALBOA STUDIO FILMOGRAPHY INTRODUCTION This work presents filmography data from the Balboa studio, owned and operated by the Horkheimer Brothers at Long Beach, California, from June 1913 to March 1918. It is divided into four sections : 1. Filmography classified by title 2. Filmography classified by US exchange 3. List of actors, with associated filmography 4. List of directors, with associated filmography. The research was conducted within the following archives, which I gratefully thank : Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal (Paris) British Film Institute Library (London) Free Library (Philadelphia) Library of Congress (Washington) Long Beach Public Library (Long Beach) Margaret Herrick Library (Beverly Hills) New York Public Performing Arts Library (New York City) Some of the consulted periodicals were English, most of them were American. Since the Balboa studio was fully independent and without any long-term connection with a large US exchange company, it must be emphasized that some pictures, including features, never got a national release. Some of them were presented in England, but not in the US, some others probably only knew a limited and regional release. For example, this is the case of the first five-reel feature directed by Henry King, The Brand of Man (1915), totally unknown in every periodical listed below, and therefore also unknown from the AFI Catalog. It is nevertheless certain that all the pictures mentioned in this document had actually been produced. Two picture mentioned by the AFI Catalog (The Policewoman and The Explorer) have not been included here, because most probably these projects never reached the production phase. The list of actors which is presented here included every man, woman and child known to have been connected with Balboa at any time during their carrier. For many of them, no picture has been identified. When an actor got the lead in a picture, the number ‘1’ is indicated in front of his name. The other actors’ names (characters, ingenues, heavies, …) are followed with the number ‘2’. Whenever possible, the production period of each film has been indicated, as well as the production title. No synopsis is given, but the reader will find useful references to find them. Because this document has never been conceived to be published, some remarks are in French. 1 BALBOA STUDIO FILMOGRAPHY BALBOA FILMOGRAPHY List of Abbreviations (Periodicals) B : The Bioscope (UK) MPN Directory : Motion Picture News C : New York Clipper Directory DT : Daily Telegraph (Long Beach) MPW : Moving Picture World EH : Exhibitor’s Herald MT : Morning Telegraph ETR : Exhibitor’s Trade Review NYDM : New York Dramatic Mirror F : Feature Movie Magazine NYT : New York Telegraph K : Kinematograph and Lantern Weekly P : Picture-play LAT : Los Angeles Times PC : Press Clippings Balboa (Long Beach LATr : Los Angeles Tribune Public Library) LBP : Long Beach Press PH : Photoplay M : Motography PP : Popular Players MM : Motion Picture Mail SFR : San Francisco Rounder MP : Movie Picturial V : Variety MPC : Motion Picture Classic WWFW : Who is Who in Film World MPM : Motion Picture Magazine (West Coast Edition) MPN : Motion Picture News Other Sources : Bulletins of Pathé Frères et Pathé Exchange (US, UK), Selig, Kalem, Copyright entries at the Library of Congress Balboa Films from Jean-Jacques Jura and Rodney Norman Bardin Press Clippings from the Balboa Press (Christine Burnett, Long Beach Public Library) De Pathé Frères à Pathé Cinéma (Henri Bousquet, France) William Desmond Taylor from Bruce Long AFI Catalog, Feature Films, 1911-1920 American Film-Index from Einar Lauritzen & Gunnar Lundquist 2 BALBOA STUDIO FILMOGRAPHY Index INDEX 3 FILMOGRAPHY CLASSIFIED BY TITLE 4 FILMOGRAPHY CLASSIFIED BY US EXCHANGE 52 LIST OF ACTORS, WITH ASSOCIATED FILMOGRAPHY 64 LIST OF DIRECTORS, WITH ASSOCIATED FILMOGRAPHY 122 3 BALBOA STUDIO FILMOGRAPHY Filmography classified by title Title Brand US Exchange Release date Director Production title production date nb of reels Actor / Actress 1 or 2 Screenwriter Operator Ref. for synopsis 1 : lead Comments 2 : character, heavy, juvenile… 4 BALBOA STUDIO FILMOGRAPHY Filmography classified by title Abide With Me Pathéplay GENERAL FILM Co 11-mars-14 Porter David sept ou oct. 1913 1 Bolle Augusta 1 King Henry 1 Sortie UK : 16-8-14 (Pathé Frères, 1050 ft - même titre) Wolbert William 2 Résumé : MPW 7-3-14 Pardee Madeline L. 2 Dudley Charles 2 Acid Test (The) PATHE EXCHANGE 27-févr-15 Bracken Bertram sept 1914 3 Stanley Henry 1 Saunders Jackie 1 Sortie UK : juin 1915 (Pathé Frères - même titre) King Henry 1 Résumé : Bulletin Pathé Pardee Madeline L. 2 Johnson Richard (Dick) 2 Gilfether Daniel 2 Smith Bruce 2 McConnell Mollie 2 Whitman Fred J. 2 Adventures of a Madcap (The) PATHE EXCHANGE 03-nov-15 MacDonald Sherwood mars-avril 1915 4 Mayo Frank 1 Saunders Jackie 1 Colorié par Pathé en France McConnell Mollie 2 Résumé : Bulletin Pathé Sortie France : 9 février 1916 (Pathé Frères, 1135 m - Les McCullough Philo M. 2 aventures d'une vagabonde) Grant Corenne 2 Colorisé en France par Pathé Copie à la Cinémathèque Française Alien Blood (The) Fortune Photoplay GENERAL FILM Co 23-avr-17 George Burton février-mars 1917 4 Gray Clifford B. 1 Peacocke 'Captain' Leslie Greenwood Winifred 1 D'après Louise Rice Date de sortie approximative Résumé non disponible Copie à la Library of Congress All Account of Polly Pathéplay GENERAL FILM Co 13-févr-14 Porter David 1 Connor Della 1 Dudley Charles 1 sept ou oct 1913 Erlanger Frank A. 2 Porter réalisateur présumé Résumé : Bulletin Pathé Wolbert William 2 Sortie France : 4 janvier 1916 (Pathé Frères, 155 m - Tout au profit de Polly) Almost Crazy Joy BOA Williams Frank D. octobre ou novembre 14 1 Ratcliff Violet 1 Johnson Olive 1 Acteurs et réalisateur présumés Moulton Dorothy 2 Aucun résumé disponible Stone George 2 5 BALBOA STUDIO FILMOGRAPHY Ancient Blood (The) Knickerbocker Star GENERAL FILM Co 23-juin-16 Bartlett Charles Earl 3 Adair Robyn (D'Adair) 1 Norden Virginia 1 Résumé : MPW 26-6-16 Erlanger Frank A. 2 McKee Lafayette (Lafe) 2 Hardin Neil Cameron 2 McCullough Philo M. 2 Scanland Michael 2 Smith Alice 2 Reeves Myrtle 2 Lackaye Ruth Hamilton 2 Angel Child Plaza Pictures HODKINSON 09-sept-19 Otto Henry janvier 1918 5 Hardin Neil Cameron 1 McInroy Harl Brotherton Joseph Clifford Kathleen 1 Résumé : catalogue AFI Sackville Gordon 2 Gilfether Daniel 2 Church Fred "Montana Bill" 2 Harlan Rita 2 Peacocke Leslie T. "Captain" 2 Awakening (The) White Star BOA 05-oct-14 August Edwin The Dawning juin 1914 3 Gerber Neva (Delorez) 1 August Edwin August Edwin 1 Résumé : MPW 10-10-14 Bab the Fixer MUTUAL 13-août-17 MacDonald Sherwood juin-juillet 1917 5 Shirley Arthur 1 Saunders Jackie Beckway William Saunders Jackie 1 Coscénariste : Lee Arthur Christopher Lyda 2 Sortie UK : janvier 1920 (Bolton's Mutual Film - même titre) Résumé : catalogue AFI Hardin Neil Cameron 2 Ritchie Ethel Anne 2 Kahler Clara 2 Grey Robert Henry 2 Lackaye Ruth Hamilton 2 McConnell Mollie 2 Peacocke Leslie T. "Captain" 2 Bear Escape (A) Joy BOA 07-nov-14 Williams Frank D. octobre 1914 1 Ratcliff Violet 1 Johnson Olive 1 Date de sortie approximative Stone George 2 Résumé : MPW 7-11-14 Acteurs et réalisateur présumés Moulton Dorothy 2 Beloved Vampire (The) Knickerbocker Star GENERAL FILM Co 16-févr-17 3 Gray Clifford B. 1 Landis Margaret (Margaret Cullen) 1 Résumé : MPW 17-2-17 Carlton Arma 2 Morgan Tom H. 2 6 BALBOA STUDIO FILMOGRAPHY Best Man (The) Falcon Features GENERAL FILM Co 12-oct-17 Bracken Bertram février 1917 4 Ehfe William C. 1 Bronston Douglas Landis Margaret (Margaret Cullen) 1 D'après George Cain Brownlee Frank 2 ETR 3 mars 1917 : annoncé comme FORTUNE PHOTOPLAYS Gray Clifford B. 2 Date de production approximative McConnell Mollie 2 Résumé : catalogue AFI Nicholson "Captain" J.E. 2 Sackville Gordon 2 Better Instinct Knickerbocker Star GENERAL FILM Co 06-oct-16 Bracken Bertram 2 Mayo Frank 1 Saunders Jackie 1 Résumé : MPW 14-10-16 Erlanger Frank A. 2 Johnson Richard (Dick) 2 Woods Madeline 2 Gilfether Daniel 2 West Lillian 2 Better Woman (The) Knickerbocker Star GENERAL FILM Co 11-août-16 Eason B. Reaves 3 Blake Lucy 1 Eason B. Reaves 1 Eason réalisateur présumé Jobson Edward 2 Résumé : MPW 12-8-16 Inokuchi Makoto 2 Reeves Myrtle 2 Dudley Charles 2 Erlanger Frank A. 2 Maye Jimsy 2 Betty Be Good MUTUAL 16-juil-17 MacDonald Sherwood mai-juin 1917 5 Shirley Arthur 1 Ritchey Will Beckway William Saunders Jackie 1 Sortie UK : décembre 1919 (Bolton's Mutual Film - même Ellis Albert B. 2 titre) Le Brun Mignon 2 Reed William Wyndham 2 Voute Dad 2 Rossier Ben 2 Marsh Mrs 2 McConnell Mollie 2 Peacocke Leslie T. "Captain" 2 Beulah ALLIANCE 08-mai-15 Bracken Bertram janvier 1915 6 Moore Joyce 1 Walthall Henry B. 1 d'après Augusta J. Evans Grant Corenne 2 Sortie UK : 6 août 1915 (Midland Exclusive Film Co - même titre) Nichols Margaret 2 Résumé : catalogue AFI Mulvane Margaret 2 Stanley Henry 2 Dudley Charles 2 Ashton Sylvia 2 Henderson Hazel 2 Sackville Gordon 2 McConnell Mollie 2 Medan Leopold 2 Prestell Mae 2 Gray Clifford B. 2 Abbott Gypsy 2 7 BALBOA STUDIO FILMOGRAPHY Big Brother Knickerbocker Star GENERAL FILM Co 11-févr-16 King Henry novembre 1915 3 Nichols Margaret 1 King Henry 1 Résumé : MPW 4-3-16 Peters Edward 2 Birth of a Man BS MOSS 01-avr-16 When the Wheel Turns février - mars 1915 5 Moore Joyce 1 Ritchey Will Walthall Henry B. 1 Sorti en avril 1916 Sheer William (Billy) 2 Probablement produit comme un 3 bobines Résumé : catalogue AFI Reed William Wyndham 2 Johnson Richard (Dick) 2 Herman Jay 2 Stanley Henry 2 Bit of Kindling (A) MUTUAL 18-juin-17 MacDonald Sherwood mars-avril 1917 5 Shirley Arthur 1 Bronston Douglas Beckway William Saunders Jackie 1 Sortie UK : octobre 1919 (Bolton's Mutual Film - même titre) Gilfether Daniel 2 Résumé : catalogue AFI Russell H.C.