Rolfe Photoplays Inc., originally B. A. Rolfe Photoplays Company, was an American motion picture production company established by musical entertainer B.A. Rolfe. Its productions were primarily filmed on the East Coast, usually in and around Fort Lee, New Jersey, although the company also filmed in California. Its films were distributed through an agreement with Louis B. Mayer's Metro Pictures Corporation.

Rolfe Photoplays
IndustryMotion picture
Founded1915[citation needed]
FounderB.A. Rolfe
Defunct1920[citation needed]
Key people
Maxwell Karger
B.A. Rolfe's "Houdini Serial", 1919
Silent movie The Master Mystery (1919). Running time: 09:39. Episode of a serial in fifteen episodes with magician and escape artist Houdini in the lead.

Between 1915 and 1918, B.A. Rolfe used Rolfe Photoplays Inc. to produce forty-nine silent films, several of which were collaborations with director/screenwriter Oscar A.C. Lund including the 1916 drama "Dorian's Divorce" starring Lionel Barrymore. As well, he used the corporate name "B.A. Rolfe Photoplayers Inc." and "B.A. Rolfe Productions" to produce another three films including the 1919 fifteen-part mystery serial The Master Mystery starring Harry Houdini. Maxwell Karger was an executive at the studio.[1] By 1920, the B.A. Rolfe production companies ceased operating.

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References

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  1. ^ Gmür, Leonhard (November 14, 2013). Rex Ingram: Hollywood's Rebel of the Silver Screen. epubli. ISBN 9783844246018 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Benny Rolfe of Brasher Falls: Pioneer of Silent Films -". 8 December 2014.
  3. ^ "The Awakening of Helena Richie. Motion picture copyright descriptions collection. Class L, 1912-1977". Library of Congress.
  4. ^ "This page no longer exists". Archived from the original on 2022-07-29.