World Film
Manufacturing
Company
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Type of Company
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Production and distribution company
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Country of Origination
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United States of America
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Years of Operation
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Formed February 1914
Active 1914 through circa 1915
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Company Principals
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G.L.P. Vernon, president (1914 through ?)
Emanuel Mandelbaum, vice president (1914)
Philip Gleichman, vice president (1914 through ?)
Louis J. Selznick, vice president and general manager (late 1914 through circa 1916)
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Company Offices
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130 West 46th Street, New York, New York, USA
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Company Studios
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Fort Lee, New Jersey, USA
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World Film Manufacturing Company should not be confused with the earlier World Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. The company was formed by Mandelbaum, Gleichman and a group of investors led by W.A. Pratt. Mandelbaum sold his interests in the company in 1914. Early World releases included imported films. The company became World Film Corporation [?] in February 1916? (or in 1914 as the firm was referred to as “World Film Corporation” several times in 1914).
References: Poole-Studio p. 326 : MoPicNews-19140404 p. 35.
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[The Motion Picture News, 4 April 1914, page 35] Phil Gleichman, vice-president of the World Film Corporation, just back from a Western trip, reports business in a flourishing condition in that section of the country. Mr. Gleichman has just opened four new offices in Los Angeles, Denver, and Seattle.
[The Motion Picture News, 4 April 1914, page 36] Charles Goetz, traveling representative of the World Film Corporation, returned to the home office last week after a trip through the West, where, he reports, business is in a flourishing condition. Exhibitors are leaning more and more toward big feature films.
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