Bluebird Photoplays (Bluebird Photoplays of New York, Inc. and Bluebird Photoplays of New England, Inc.) was an American film production company that filmed at

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studios in California and New Jersey, and distributed its films via

during the

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era. It had a $500,000 studio in New Jersey.

"It was a subsidiary of Universal Pictures and employed Universal stars (and starlets) and used Universal’s facilities but the pictures were marketed independently from
Carl Laemmle Carl Laemmle (; born Karl Lämmle ; January 17, 1867 – September 24, 1939) was a German-American film producer and the co-founder and, until 1934, owner of Universal Pictures. He produced or worked on over 400 films. Regarded as one of the ...
’s umbrella company."—Anke Brouwers

Mary MacLaren, was one of its stars. Louise Lovely, an actress from Australia, was one of its stars. Bluebird was a prestige brand for Universal and had a core of actors and directors including Lovely who worked for it.

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directed for ''Bluebird Photoplays''.

Elsie Jane Wilson Elsie Jane Wilson (7 November 1885 – 16 January 1965) was a cinema actress, director, and writer during the early film era. She took part in the productions of the silent film era and starred in over thirty films. Between the years of 1916 an ...

produced and directed for ''Bluebird Photoplays''. Among those who worked for this short-lived subsidiary of Universal are Carmel Myers,

Mae Murray Mae Murray (born Marie Adrienne Koenig; May 10, 1885 – March 23, 1965) was an American actress, dancer, film producer, and screenwriter. Murray rose to fame during the silent film era and was known as "The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips" and "Th ...

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Tod Browning Tod Browning (born Charles Albert Browning Jr.; July 12, 1880 – October 6, 1962) was an American film director, film actor, screenwriter, vaudeville performer, and carnival sideshow and circus entertainer. He directed a number of films of var ...

, Rex Ingram,

Robert Z. Leonard Robert Zigler Leonard (October 7, 1889 – August 27, 1968) was an American film director, actor, producer, and screenwriter. Biography He was born in Chicago, Illinois. At one time, he was married to Silent film, silent star Mae Murray with t ...

and

Rupert Julian Rupert Julian (born Thomas Percival Hayes; 25 January 1879 – 27 December 1943) was a New Zealand cinema actor, director, writer and producer. During his career, Julian directed 60 films and acted in over 90 films. He is best remembered for di ...

Louis B. Mayer Louis Burt Mayer (; born Lazar Meir; July 12, 1884Mayer maintained that he was born in Minsk on July 4, 1885. According to Scott Eyman, the reasons may have been: * Mayer's father gave different dates for his birthplace at different times, so ...

invested in the company. M. H. Hoffman managed the company.

Filmography

*'' Jeanne Doré'', (1915) *''

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'' (1916) *'' Undine'' (1916) *'' Mother o' Mine'' (1917) *'' The Flashlight'' (1917) *''

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'' (1917) *'' Flirting with Death'' (1917) *'' Hell Morgan's Girl'' (1917) *'' A Kentucky Cinderella'' (1917) *'' Susan's Gentleman'' (1917) * '' The Mysterious Mrs. M'' (1917) *'' The Girl in the Checkered Coat'' (1917) *'' Broadway Love'' (1918) *'' The Winner Takes All'' (1918) *'' My Unmarried Wife'' (1918) *'' The Raggedy Queen'' (1918) *'' Wife He Bought'' (1918) *''

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'' (1919) *'' The Game's Up'' (1919)

Gallery

"Susan's Gentleman" movie ad, with Violet Mersereau of a "Bluebird Photoplays" - Moving Picture Weekly (1915-1920) (page 188 crop).jpg, '' Susan's Gentleman'',
movie ad,
Moving Picture Weekly Broadway Love (1918) - 1.jpg, Broadway Love,
Trade advertisement,
2 February 1918,
''The Moving Picture Weekly'' The Flashlight.jpg, Ad for '' The Flashlight'' (1917)

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External links

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Filmography

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