Hollywood Vitagraph Years

What is a Vitagraph was a motion picture company founded by J. Stuart Blackron and Albert E. Smith in 1896 in Brooklyn, New York as the American Vitagraph Company. It was the most successful US film company in the early years of the film industry

It was eventually acquired by Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc, and was subsequently folded into Warner Brothers. Its stars included Rudolph Valentino and Norma Talmadge. Vitagraph moved to Hollywood in 1911 and was bought by Warner Brothers in 1925.