Victor Studios

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In 1912 the Victor Film Company was formed by movie star Florence Lawrence and her husband, Harry Solter. The company established Victor Studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey to capitalize on Lawrence's fame. At a time when actors received no film credits, Carl Laemmle of the Independent Motion Picture Company (IMP) had began promoting Lawrence’s name and image, making her into America's first movie star .

Harry Solter had already been directing Florence Lawrence at IMP and with their own studio, he made a large number of film shorts starring his wife, many of which co-starred Owen Moore. As well, the studio teamed Moore with Fritzi Brunette in several of its productions. However, with the amalgamation of several studios to create the colossal Universal Film Manufacturing Co., Lawrence and Solter had little choice but to sell out in 1913. With Solter no longer involved, Universal brought in young directors such as Allan Dwan and James Kirkwood, Sr.. The Victor entity remained in use until 1917 when it was absorbed completely into Universal.