Selznick Pictures was an American

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company active between 1916 and 1923 during the

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History

Selznick Pictures was founded in April 1916 by Lewis J. Selznick following his loss of control at World Film. Selznick moved production from his former base at

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, and brought with him Clara Kimball Young who had been World Film's biggest star.Slide p. 115 In 1917

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, head of

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, bought a half share in the company. Selznick remained as head of the studios, but films were now released under the label of Select Pictures. In April 1919 Selznick bought out Zukor's half share in the company for over $1 million. Selznick's sons

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and

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were both involved in the company. In 1923 Select Pictures went out of business. Selznick Pictures continued to release pictures until the following year, including three British imports from

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. However the firm itself had run into financial difficulties, and the firm's remaining assets were purchased by

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in late 1924. The bankrupt Selznick was briefly made head of production at Associated Exhibitors, but this company was soon merged. His son David later revived the family name with his own production company

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Filmography

1910s

* '' War Brides'' (1916) * '' The Foolish Virgin'' (1916) * '' The Common Law'' (1916) * '' Vera, the Medium'' (1917) * ''

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'' (1917) * '' The Argyle Case'' (1917) * '' The Wild Girl'' (1917) * '' The Price She Paid'' (1917) * '' The Eternal Sin'' (1917) * '' The Easiest Way'' (1917) * '' The Law of Compensation'' (1917) * '' The Silent Master'' (1917) * '' The Lone Wolf'' (1917) * '' Public Be Damned'' (1917) * ''
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'' (1917) * ''
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'' (1917) * '' The Lesson'' (1917) * ''
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'' (1917) * '' Her Silent Sacrifice'' (1917) * '' The Secret of the Storm Country'' (1917) * '' The Honeymoon'' (1917) * '' Shirley Kaye'' (1917) * '' The Ghosts of Yesterday'' (1918) * '' The Marionettes'' (1918) * '' The Studio Girl'' (1918) * '' Woman and Wife'' (1918) * '' The House of Glass'' (1918) * ''
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'' (1918) * '' The Shuttle'' (1918) * '' By Right of Purchase'' (1918) * '' At the Mercy of Men'' (1918) * '' The Reason Why'' (1918) * '' Up the Road with Sallie'' (1918) * '' Cecilia of the Pink Roses'' (1918) * '' De Luxe Annie'' (1918) * '' The Ordeal of Rosetta'' (1918) * '' The Claw'' (1918) * '' Good Night, Paul'' (1918) * '' The Whirlpool'' (1918) * '' The Safety Curtain'' (1918) * '' A Pair of Silk Stockings'' (1918) * '' The Death Dance'' (1918) * '' Sauce for the Goose'' (1918) * '' The Savage Woman'' (1918) * '' Her Only Way'' (1918) * '' The Burden of Proof'' (1918) * '' The Better Half'' (1918) * '' The Forbidden City'' (1918) * '' Mrs. Leffingwell's Boots'' (1918) * ''
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'' (1918) * '' Her Great Chance'' (1918) * '' The One Woman'' (1918) * '' The Road Through the Dark'' (1918) * '' A Lady's Name'' (1918) * ''
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'' (1918) * '' Code of the Yukon'' (1918) * ''
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'' (1918) * '' The Heart of Wetona'' (1919) * '' The Hidden Truth'' (1919) * '' Who Cares?'' (1919) * '' Cheating Cheaters'' (1919) * '' The Indestructible Wife'' (1919) * '' Romance and Arabella'' (1919) * '' The World to Live In'' (1919) * '' Children of Banishment'' (1919) * '' Experimental Marriage'' (1919) * ''
Marie, Ltd. ''Marie, Ltd.'' is a 1919 silent film romantic comedy directed by Kenneth S. Webb and starring Alice Brady. It was produced and distributed by the Select Pictures Corporation. This film survives in the Archives Du Film Fu CNC, Bois d'Arcy, Par ...
'' (1919) * '' The Belle of New York'' (1919) * '' Bolshevism on Trial'' (1919) * '' Getting Mary Married'' (1919) * '' The Redhead'' (1919) * ''
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'' (1919) * '' The Veiled Adventure'' (1919) * '' The Probation Wife'' (1919) * '' Break the News to Mother'' (1919) * '' Jacques of the Silver North'' (1919) * '' Happiness a la Mode '' (1919) * '' The Better Wife'' (1919) * '' His Bridal Night'' (1919) * '' The Way of a Woman'' (1919) * '' The Imp'' (1919) * '' Upstairs and Down'' (1919) * '' The Faith of the Strong'' (1919) * '' The Undercurrent'' (1919) * ''
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'' (1919) * '' The Perfect Lover'' (1919) * '' The Spite Bride'' (1919) * '' A Scream in the Night'' (1919) * '' The Glorious Lady'' (1919) * ''
The Country Cousin ''The Country Cousin'' is a Walt Disney animated short film released on October 31, 1936, by United Artists. The winner of an Oscar at the 9th Academy Awards for Best Animated Short Film, the film was produced by Walt Disney, directed by Wilfred ...
'' (1919) * '' A Regular Girl'' (1919) * '' The Isle of Conquest'' (1919) * '' Sealed Hearts'' (1919) * '' Piccadilly Jim'' (1919) * '' Out Yonder'' (1919) * '' The Broken Melody'' (1919)

1920s
* '' Greater Than Fame'' (1920) * '' She Loves and Lies'' (1920) * '' Blind Youth'' (1920) * '' The Invisible Divorce'' (1920) * '' Just a Wife'' (1920) * '' Footlights and Shadows'' (1920) * '' His Wife's Money'' (1920) * '' Sooner or Later'' (1920) * ''
Youthful Folly ''Youthful Folly'' is a 1934 British drama film directed by Miles Mander and starring Irene Vanbrugh, Jane Carr and Mary Lawson. It was a quota quickie made at Shepperton Studios for release by Columbia Pictures.Chibnall p.281 It portrays ...
'' (1920) * '' A Fool and His Money'' (1920) * '' The Shadow of Rosalie Byrnes'' (1920) * '' The Woman God Sent'' (1920) * '' The Flapper'' (1920) * '' Whispers'' (1920) * ''
Seeds of Vengeance ''Seeds of Vengeance'' is an American film released in 1920. It was directed by Ollie Sellers. It was an adaptation of Margaret Prescott's ''The Sowing of Alderson Cree''. The film starred Bernard Durning. It was a C. R. Macauley Photoplay. ...
'' (1920) * '' The Valley of Doubt'' (1920) * '' The Man Who Lost Himself'' (1920) * ''
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'' (1920) * '' The Figurehead'' (1920) * '' The Servant Question'' (1920) * '' The Branded Four'' (1920) * ''
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'' (1920) * '' Marooned Hearts'' (1920) * '' The Greatest Love'' (1920) * '' Darling Mine'' (1920) * ''
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'' (1920) * '' The Poor Simp'' (1920) * '' The Point of View'' (1920) * '' The Wonderful Chance'' (1920) * '' Everybody's Sweetheart'' (1920) * '' The Dangerous Paradise'' (1920) * '' Red Foam'' (1920) * '' The Daughter Pays'' (1920) * '' The Sin That Was His'' (1920) * '' Broadway and Home'' (1920) * '' The Road of Ambition'' (1920) * '' The Pleasure Seekers'' (1920) * '' The Woman Game'' (1920) * '' The Great Shadow'' (1920) * '' Just Outside the Door'' (1921) * '' The Chicken in the Case'' (1921) * '' Worlds Apart'' (1921) * '' The Highest Law'' (1921) * '' Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby'' (1921) * '' Society Snobs'' (1921) * '' The Miracle of Manhattan'' (1921) * '' Bucking the Tiger'' (1921) * '' A Certain Rich Man'' (1921) * ''
A Divorce of Convenience ''A Divorce of Convenience'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Robert Ellis and starring Owen Moore, Katherine Perry and Nita Naldi.Munden p.191 Plot Cast * Owen Moore as Jim Blake * Katherine Perry as Helen Wakefield * Geor ...
'' (1921) * '' The Girl from Nowhere'' (1921) * '' Is Life Worth Living?'' (1921) *''
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'' (1921) * '' Who Am I?'' (1921) * '' Remorseless Love'' (1921) * '' Handcuffs or Kisses'' (1921) * '' After Midnight'' (1921) * '' Clay Dollars'' (1921) * '' A Man of Stone'' (1921) * '' The Leech'' (1921) * ''
The Way of a Maid ''The Way of a Maid'' is a surviving 1921 American silent comedy-drama film produced by Selznick Pictures and starring Elaine Hammerstein. It was released by Select Pictures and directed by William P. S. Earle from an original story for the s ...
'' (1921) * '' Chivalrous Charley'' (1921) * '' A Man's Home'' (1921) * ''
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'' (1921) * '' Gilded Lies'' (1921) * '' The Last Door'' (1921) * '' Shadows of the Sea'' (1922) * '' Why Announce Your Marriage?'' (1922) * '' The Prophet's Paradise''(1922) * '' A Wide Open Town'' (1922) * ''
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'' (1922) * '' Pawned'' (1922) * '' Love's Masquerade'' (1922) * '' Reported Missing'' (1922) * '' Channing of the Northwest'' (1922) * ''
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'' (1922) * ''
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'' (1922) * '' The Referee'' (1922) * '' John Smith'' (1922) * '' One Week of Love'' (1922) * ''
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'' (1922) * '' The Monkey's Paw'' (1923) * '' Broken Hearts of Broadway'' (1923) * '' Modern Matrimony'' (1923) * '' Sinner or Saint'' (1923) * '' Rupert of Hentzau'' (1923) * '' Toilers of the Sea'' (1923) * ''
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'' (1923) * '' Wife in Name Only'' (1923) * '' Defying Destiny'' (1923) * '' Cause for Divorce'' (1923) * '' A Prince of a King'' (1923) * '' Broadway Broke'' (1923) * '' Bag and Baggage'' (1923) * '' The Common Law'' (1923) * ''
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'' (1924) * '' The Bowery Bishop'' (1924) * '' The Right of the Strongest'' (1924) * '' Daughters of Today'' (1924) * '' Pagan Passions'' (1924) * '' Love of Women'' (1924) * '' Missing Daughters'' (1924) * '' Flapper Wives'' (1924) * '' Twenty Dollars a Week'' (1924)

References

Bibliography
* Slide, Anthony. ''The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry''. Routledge, 2014. {{Authority control early film in Fort Lee, New Jersey Film studios and soundstages in New Jersey Film production companies of the United States Mass media companies established in 1916