Bison Film Company, also known as 101 Bison Film Company, is an American film studio established in 1909 and disestablished in 1917.

Bison Film Company
Company typeFilm studio
IndustryEntertainment
Founded1909; 115 years ago (1909)
Defunct1917; 107 years ago (1917)
FateTransferred to Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Headquarters
Key people
Fred Balshofer

It partnered with Miller Brothers 101 Ranch to lease 20,000 acres to build a Western town set and an Indian village and make silent films with stars including Tom Mix, Buck Jones, Hoot Gibson and Will Rogers.[1] It produced The Indian Massacre (1912), by Thomas H. Ince.[2]

In 1912 it also produced The Indian Raiders,[3] Early Days in the West,[4] Hunted Down,[4] A Daughter of the Redskins,[4] The Cowboy Guardians,[4] The Tribal Law,[4] An Indian Outcast; in 1913 it produced In Love and War,[5] Woman and War;[5] and in 1915 Lone Larry, starring Kingsley Benedict.[6]

Filmography edit

1909 edit

1910 edit

1911 edit

1912 edit

1913 edit

1914 edit

1915 edit

1916 edit

1917 edit

References edit

  1. ^ Manns, William (January 2004). "Remembering the 101 Ranch. Starting with a cattle ranch and some big ideas, the Miller Brothers of Oklahoma created an entertainment empire". American Cowboy. 10 (5). Active Interest Media, Inc.: 54. ISSN 1079-3690.
  2. ^ Gallen, Ira H. (15 December 2015). D.W. Griffith: Master of Cinema. FriesenPress. p. 317. ISBN 9781460260999.
  3. ^ Fleming 2013, p. 242.
  4. ^ a b c d e Fleming 2013, p. 243.
  5. ^ a b Fleming 2013, p. 244.
  6. ^ Zmuda, Michael (11 May 2015). The Five Sedgwicks: Pioneer Entertainers of Vaudeville, Film and Television. McFarland Publishing. p. 45, 50. ISBN 9781476617817.

Bibliography edit