Peerless Pictures, originally Peerless Features, was an early film studio in the United States.
Jules Brulatour
Pierre Ernest Jules Brulatour (April 7, 1870 – October 26, 1946) was a pioneering executive figure in American silent cinema. Beginning as American distribution representative for Lumiere Brothers raw film stock in 1907, he joined producer ...
was a co-founder. The Peerless studio was built in 1914 on Linwood Avenue in
Fort Lee, New Jersey
Fort Lee is a Borough (New Jersey), borough at the eastern border of Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, situated along the Hudson River atop The Palisades (Hudson River), The Palisades.
As of the 2020 Uni ...
, when the town was the center of
America's first motion picture industry
Fort Lee is a borough at the eastern border of Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, situated along the Hudson River atop The Palisades.
As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 40,191, an increase of 4,8 ...
. The company was merged along with a couple of other early studios into
World Pictures.
History
The firm was founded by Brulatour and
Eclair president
Charles Jourjon as Peerless Features.
Clara Kimball Young
Clara Kimball Young (born Edith Matilda Clara Kimball;
September 6, 1890 – October 15, 1960) was an American film actress who was popular in the early silent film era.
Early life
Edith Matilda Clara Kimball was born in Chicago on Septembe ...
left
Vitagraph
Vitagraph Studios, also known as the Vitagraph Company of America, was a United States motion picture studio. It was founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York, as the American Vitagraph Company. By 1907 ...
to join Peerless.
At one point the studio publicized plans to develop
Starin's Glen Island but the land purchase was never completed.
The studio buildings burned down on November 23, 1958. A historical marker commemorates the location in Fort Lee, New Jersey where the World Pictures / Peerless studio on Lewis Street was located.
Partial filmography
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Hearts in Exile'' (1915)
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Miss Petticoats'' (1916)
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The Summer Girl'' (1916)
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The Hidden Scar'' (1916)
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The Scarlet Oath'' (1916)
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The Iron Ring (film)'' (1917), Peerless Productions
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The Crimson Dove'' (1917), Peerless Productions
References
early film in Fort Lee, New Jersey
American companies established in 1914
Defunct companies based in New Jersey
Defunct American film studios
Film studios and soundstages in New Jersey
1914 establishments in New Jersey
Fort Lee, New Jersey
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