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 The World Film Company or World Film Corporation was an American film production and distribution company, organized in 1914 in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Short-lived but significant in American film history, World Film was created by financier and f ...

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 ...

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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 Glen Island Park is a waterfront park, located on Glen Island, on the Long Island Sound, New York. The park is owned and operated by Westchester County and shares the island with a privately operated but county-owned entertainment facility, the ...

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

*'' Hearts in Exile'' (1915) *'' Miss Petticoats'' (1916) *''

The Summer Girl ''The Summer Girl'' is a lost 1916 silent film comedy drama directed by Edwin August and starring Mollie King. It was produced by Peerless Pictures Studios and distributed by World Pictures.''Pictorial History of the Silent Screen'', p. 112 c.1 ...

'' (1916) *'' The Hidden Scar'' (1916) *''

The Scarlet Oath ''The Scarlet Oath'' is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Frank Powell and Travers Vale and starring Gail Kane, Philip Hahn, and Carleton Macy.Katchmer p. 346 Cast * Gail Kane as Olga Pavloff / Nina Pavloff * Philip Hahn as Ivan Pav ...

'' (1916) *''

The Iron Ring (film) ''The Iron Ring'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Edward Langford, Gerda Holmes and Arthur Ashley. It was shot at Fort Lee in New Jersey.Spehr p.188 Cast * Edward Langford as Aleck Hulette * ...

'' (1917), Peerless Productions *''

The Crimson Dove ''The Crimson Dove'' is a 1917 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Romaine Fielding and starring Carlyle Blackwell, June Elvidge and Marie La Varre.Beauchamp p.444 Cast * Carlyle Blackwell as Brand Cameron * June Elvidge as Adr ...

'' (1917), Peerless Productions

References

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