Balboa Amusement Producing Company
 | |
| Industry | Film |
|---|---|
| Founded | April 1913 |
| Defunct | 1918 |
The Balboa Amusement Producing Company was a production company from 1913 to 1918 that produced more than 240 films.
History
A contract between Balboa and Jack London was signed on April 28, 1913, allowing the studio to make film adaptations of his novels.[1] In the beginning of August, Variety announced a contract between the Bosworth Company and Jack London to produce film versions of London's novels. The first release would be The Sea Wolf.[2] The Balboa company would advertise that they would be the first to release the film and announced their own version of The Sea Wolf and several other adaptations of London's works.[3] In an article in Motion Picture News in which Hobart Bosworth stated the production would be ready by October 1 and there is no reason to doubt the contract between Bosworth and London. The publication received a telegram from Jack London confirmed that Balboa's contract had lapsed because of a failure to produce four films by the stipulated date. London also stated that the first film had not even been completed by this point.[4] When the matter was taken to court, the federal judge in Los Angeles refused to grant an injunction on Balboa's three reel version of the film and H. M. Horkheimer was considering suing for damages by Bosworth. The judge allowed the case to be re-opened and the Authors' League of America announced a desire to take it to the United States Supreme Court if necessary.[5] London would win and the case would influence the United States Congress to change the copyright law in the writer's favor.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Important Milestones:". California State University, Long Beach. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- ↑ "Important Coast Film Co. Formed for London Pictures". Variety. August 1913. p. 14. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- ↑ "Motography". Electricity Magazine Corp. 1913. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- ↑ "Moving Picture News (Jul - Oct 1913) (Jul - Oct 1913)". Cinematograph Publishing Company. 1913. p. 406. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- ↑ "Motion Picture News Oct 1913 - Jan 1914". November 29, 1913. p. 378. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
Bibliography
- Burnett, Claudine (5 February 2013). Prohibition Madness: Life and Death in and Around Long Beach, California, 1920-1933. AuthorHouse. p. 254. ISBN 978-1-4772-9162-7.
- Goodrich, Glen (2005). Long Beach Fire Department. Arcadia Publishing. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-7385-3001-7.
- Grobaty, Tim (2012). Location Filming in Long Beach. The History Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-60949-740-8.
- Jura, Jean-Jacques; Bardin, Rodney Norman (1999). Balboa Films: A History and Filmography of the Silent Film Studio. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-0496-4.
- Lemoine, Thierry (2001). Balboa Studios: A Filmography.
- Slide, Anthony (25 February 2014). The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry. Routledge. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-135-92554-3.