First National Pictures Inc.

First National Pictures Inc.

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Produktion, Verleih - USA
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Mini-Biography:
The day of birth of First National Pictures Inc. is not on record. an American Produktion, Verleih, known for The Strong Man (1926), Gold diggers of 1935 (1935), Little Caesar (1930), First National Pictures Inc.'s first movie on record is from 1918. His last motion picture on file dates from 1956.

Biographical Notes
Amerikanische Produktionsgesellschaft, ursprünglich 1917 als Zusammenschluss der 26 wichtigsten Verleihagenten gegründet. 1919-1920 kontrollierte die First National etwa 20 Prozent der amerikanischen Kinos. 1919 wurden u.a. Charles Chaplin und Mary Pickford für die Produktion von Filmen verpflichtet. 1928 Fusion mit Warner Bros.

FilmographyFilmography [Auszug]
1956: The wrong man (Production), Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, with Laurinda Barrett, Kippy Campbell, Norma Connolly,
1940: City for Conquest (Production), Directed by Anatole Litvak, Jean Negulesco, with James Cagney, Joyce Compton, Jerome Cowan,
1939: Daughters Courageous (Production), Directed by Michael Curtiz, with John Garfield, Claude Rains, Jeffrey Lynn,
1939: Four Wives (Production), Directed by Michael Curtiz, with Priscilla Lane, Eddie Albert, John Garfield,
1939: Juarez (Production), Directed by Wilhelm Dieterle, with John Garfield, Bette Davis, Paul Muni,
1938: Four Daughters (Production), Directed by Michael Curtiz, with John Garfield, Lola Lane, Priscilla Lane,
1938: Daredevil Drivers (Production), Directed by B. Reeves Eason, with Gloria Blondell, Donald Briggs, Charles Foy,
1935: Gold diggers of 1935 (Production), Directed by Busby Berkeley, with Glenda Farrell, Adolphe Menjou, Dick Powell,
1935: Ceiling Zero (Production), Directed by Howard Hawks, with James Cagney, Stuart Erwin, Pat O'Brien,
1935: Bright Lights (Production), Directed by Busby Berkeley, with Joe E. Brown, Ann Dvorak, Patricia Ellis,
1935: The Woman in Red (Production), Directed by Robert Florey, with Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond, Genevieve Tobin,
1934: Flirtation Walk (Production), Directed by Frank Borzage, with Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Pat O'Brien,
1934: Twenty Million Sweethearts (Production), Directed by Ray Enright, with Pat O'Brien, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers,
1934: I Sell Anything (Production), Directed by Robert Florey, with Pat O'Brien, Ann Dvorak, Claire Dodd,
1934: Murder in the Clouds (Production), Directed by D. Ross Lederman, with Lyle Talbot, Ann Dvorak, Gordon Westcott,
1934: Gambling Lady (Production), Directed by Archie Mayo, with Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Pat O'Brien,
1934: Journal of a Crime (Production), Directed by William Keighley, with Ruth Chatterton, Adolphe Menjou, Claire Dodd,
1933: The World changes (Production), Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, with Paul Muni, Aline MacMahon, Mary Astor,
1933: Havana Widows (Production), Directed by Ray Enright, with Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Guy Kibbee,
1933: She had to say yes (Production), Directed by Busby Berkeley, George Amy, with Loretta Young, Lyle Talbot, Regis Toomey,
1933: Frisco Jenny (Jenny Frisco) (Production), Directed by William A. Wellman, with Louis Calhern, Ruth Chatterton, Donald Cook,
1933: Central Airport (Production), Directed by William A. Wellman, with Richard Barthelmess, Tom Brown, Sally Eilers,
1933: Midnight Mary (Production), Directed by William A. Wellman, with Loretta Young, Ricardo Cortez, Franchot Tone,
1933: Lilly Turner (Production), Directed by William A. Wellman, with Robert Barrat, George Brent, Mae Busch,
1933: College Coach (Production), Directed by William A. Wellman, with Herman Bing, Arthur Byron, Ann Dvorak,
1933: Wild boys of the road (Production), Directed by William A. Wellman, with Robert Barrat, Ward Bond, Frankie Darro,
1933: Blondie Johnson (Production), Directed by Ray Enright, with Joan Blondell, Chester Morris, Allen Jenkins,
1933: Employees' Entrance (Production), Directed by Roy del Ruth, with , Loretta Young, Wallace Ford,
1932: Tiger Shark (Production), Directed by Howard Hawks, with Edward G. Robinson, Richard Arlen, Zita Johann,
1932: Miss Pinkerton (Production), Directed by Lloyd Bacon, with Joan Blondell, George Brent, Ruth Hall,
1932: The Tenderfoot (Production), Directed by Ray Enright, with Joe E. Brown, Ginger Rogers, Lew Cody,
1931: The Reckless Hour (Production), Directed by John Francis Dillon, with Dorothy Mackaill, Conrad Nagel, H.B. Warner,
1931: Her Majesty, Love (Production), Directed by Wilhelm Dieterle, with Marilyn Miller, Ben Lyon, W.C. Fields,
1931: The finger points (Production), Directed by John Francis Dillon, with Richard Barthelmess, Fay Wray, Regis Toomey,
1931: Woman Hungry (The Challenge) (Production), Directed by Clarence G. Badger, with Sidney Blackmer, Lila Lee, Raymond Hatton,
1930: Kismet (Production), Directed by John Francis Dillon, with Otis Skinner, Loretta Young, David Manners,
1930: Die Maske fällt (The Way of all Men) (Production), Directed by Wilhelm Dieterle, with Lissy Arna, Carla Bartheel, Karl Etlinger,
1930: The Dawn Patrol (The Flight Commander) (Production), Directed by Howard Hawks, with Richard Barthelmess, Douglas Fairbanks jr., Neil Hamilton,
1930: Little Caesar (Production), Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, with Nicholas Bela, Maurice Black, Sidney Blackmer,
1930: Trith about youth (Production), Directed by William A. Seiter, with Yola d'Avril, Ray Hallor, Myrna Loy,
1930: Bride of the Regiment (Lady of the Rose) (Production), Directed by John Francis Dillon, with Ford Sterling, Louise Fazenda, Claude Fleming,
1929: Why Be Good? (That's a Bad Girl (Working title)) (Production), Directed by William A. Seiter, with Colleen Moore, Neil Hamilton, Bodil Rosing,
1929: The Squall (Production), Directed by Alexander Korda, with Harry Cording, Knute Erickson, George Hackathorn,
1929: The Great Divide (Production), Directed by Reginald Barker, with George Fawcett, Claude Gillingwater, Creighton Hale,
1929: Wedding Rings (The dark Swan) (Production), Directed by William Beaudine, with Olive Borden, H.B. Warner, Lois Wilson,
1929: Love and the Devil (Production), Directed by Alexander Korda, with Nellie Bly Baker, Ben Bard, Maria Corda,
1929: His Captive Woman (Production), Directed by George Fitzmaurice, with Milton Sills, Dorothy Mackaill, Gladden James,
1929: Careers (Production: (as a First National-Vitaphone Picture)), Directed by John Francis Dillon, with Billie Dove, Antonio Moreno, Thelma Todd,
1929: Seven Footprints to Satan (Satan's Stairwell, Seven Steps to Satan) (Production: First National-Vitaphone Picture), Directed by Benjamin Christensen, with Thelma Todd, Creighton Hale, Sheldon Lewis,
1928: The Crash (Production), Directed by Edward F. Cline, with Milton Sills, Thelma Todd, Wade Boteler,
1928: Show Girl (Production), Directed by Alfred Santell, with Alice White, Donald Reed, Lee Moran,
1928: The Whip (Production), Directed by Charles Brabin, with Dorothy Mackaill, Ralph Forbes, Anna Q. Nilsson,
1928: Oh! Kay (Production), Directed by Mervyn Le Roy, with Claude Gillingwater, Lawrence Gray, Alan Hale,
1928: The Hawk's Nest (Production), Directed by Benjamin Christensen, with Milton Sills, Montagu Love, Mitchell Lewis,
1928: The Barker (Production), Directed by George Fitzmaurice, with Milton Sills, Dorothy Mackaill, Betty Compson,
1928: Burning Daylight (Production), Directed by Charles Brabin, with Milton Sills, Doris Kenyon, Arthur Stone,
1927: The Valley of the Giants (Production), Directed by Charles Brabin, with Milton Sills, Doris Kenyon, Arthur Stone,
1927: (Distribution), Directed by Richard Wallace, with Will Rogers, Louise Fazenda, Sam Hardy,
1927: Good Time Charley (Production), Directed by Michael Curtiz, with Warner Oland, Helene Costello, Clyde Cook,
1927: Hard-Boiled Haggerty (Production), Directed by Charles Brabin, with Milton Sills, Molly O'Day, Mitchell Lewis,
1927: For the love of Mike (Production), Directed by Frank Capra, with Ben Lyon, Claudette Colbert,
1927: The Sea Tiger (Production), Directed by John Francis Dillon, with Milton Sills, Mary Astor, Larry Kent,
1927: Framed (Production), Directed by Charles Brabin, with Milton Sills, Natalie Kingston, E.J. Ratcliffe,
1927: Broadway Nights (Distribution), Directed by Joseph C. Boyle, with , Lois Wilson, June Collyer,
1927: (Distribution), Directed by King Baggot, with Lewis Stone, Barbara Bedford, Ann Rork,
1927: Orchids and Ermine (Production), Directed by Alfred Santell, with Jack Mulhall, Sam Hardy, Gwen Lee,
1927: An Affair of the Follies (Here Y'are Brother) (Distribution), Directed by Millard Webb, with Lewis Stone, Billie Dove, Lloyd Hughes,
1927: The Masked Woman (Production), Directed by Silvano Balboni, with Anna Q. Nilsson, Holbrook Blinn, Einar Hanson,
1927: The Perfect Sap (Distribution), Directed by Howard Higgin, with Ben Lyon, Virginia Lee Corbin, Lloyd Whitlock,
1926: Twinkletoes (Distribution), Directed by Charles Brabin, with Colleen Moore, Kenneth Harlan, Tully Marshall,
1926: The Silent Lover (Production), Directed by George Archainbaud, with Milton Sills, Natalie Kingston, William Humphrey,
1926: The Strong Man (Production), Directed by Frank Capra, with Harry Langdon, Priscilla Bonner, Gertrude Astor,
1926: Mismates (Production), Directed by Charles Brabin, with Doris Kenyon, Warner Baxter, May Allison,
1926: Men of Steel (Production), Directed by George Archainbaud, with Milton Sills, Doris Kenyon, May Allison,
1926: Long pants (Distribution), Directed by Frank Capra, with Harry Langdon, Gladys Brockwell, Alan Roscoe,
1926: Topsy (unrealized project) (Production),
1926: Eva (unrealized project) (Production),
1926: (Production), Directed by Alfred Santell, with George Sidney, Charles Murray, Vera Gordon,
1926: The Greater Glory (The Viennese Medley (Working title)) (Production), Directed by Curt Rehfeld, Silvano Balboni, with Conway Tearle, Anna Q. Nilsson, May Allison,
1926: Her Second Chance (Production), Directed by Lambert Hillyer, with Anna Q. Nilsson, Huntley Gordon, Sam de Grasse,
1926: Irene (Production), Directed by Alfred E. Green, with Colleen Moore, Lloyd Hughes, George K. Arthur,
1926: The Far Cry (Production), Directed by Silvano Balboni, with Blanche Sweet, Jack Mulhall, Myrtle Stedman,
1926: The Girl from Montmartre (Spanish Sunlight (Working title)) (Distribution), Directed by Alfred E. Green, with Barbara La Marr, Lewis Stone, Robert Ellis,
1926: Memory Lane (Distribution), Directed by John M. Stahl, with Eleanor Boardman, Conrad Nagel, William Haines,
1925: The Unguarded Hour (Production), Directed by Lambert Hillyer, with Milton Sills, Doris Kenyon, Claude King,
1925: We moderns (Distribution), Directed by John Francis Dillon, with Colleen Moore, Jack Mulhall, Carl Miller,
1925: Classified (Distribution), Directed by Alfred Santell, with Corinne Griffith, Jack Mulhall, Ward Crane,
1925: What Fools Men (Production), Directed by George Archainbaud, with Lewis Stone, Shirley Mason, Ethel Grey Terry,
1925: Winds of Chance (Production), Directed by Frank Lloyd, with Anna Q. Nilsson, Ben Lyon, Viola Dana,
1925: Fine Clothes (Fashions for Men (Working title)) (Distribution), Directed by John M. Stahl, with Lewis Stone, Percy Marmont, Alma Rubens,
1925: The Marriage Whirl (Distribution), Directed by Alfred Santell, with Corinne Griffith, Kenneth Harlan, Harrison Ford,
1925: My Son (Production), Directed by Edwin Carewe, with Alla Nazimova, Jack Pickford, Hobart Bosworth,
1925: The lost world (Production), Directed by Harry O. Hoyt, with Bessie Love, Lewis Stone, Wallace Beery,
1925: The Desert Flower (Production), Directed by Irving Cummings, with Colleen Moore, Lloyd Hughes, Kate Price,
1925: The White Monkey (Production), Directed by Phil Rosen, with Barbara La Marr, Thomas Holding, Henry Victor,
1925: The Necessary Evil (Production), Directed by George Archainbaud, with Ben Lyon, Viola Dana, Frank Mayo,
1925: Heart of a Siren (Production), Directed by Phil Rosen, with Barbara La Marr, Conway Tearle, Harry T. Morey,
1925: Sally (Production), Directed by Alfred E. Green, with Colleen Moore, Lloyd Hughes, Leon Errol,
1925: As Man Desires (Production), Directed by Irving Cummings, with Milton Sills, Viola Dana, Ruth Clifford,
1925: Her Sister from Paris (Distribution), Directed by Sidney Franklin, with Constance Talmadge, Ronald Colman, George K. Arthur,
1924: So Big (Production), Directed by Charles Brabin, with Colleen Moore, Wallace Beery, Ben Lyon,
1924: Husbands and Lovers (Distribution), Directed by John M. Stahl, with Lewis Stone, Dale Fuller, Winter Hall,
1924: Christine of the Hungry Heart (Distribution), Directed by George Archainbaud, with Florence Vidor, Clive Brook, Ian Keith,
1924: Sandra (Production), Directed by Arthur H. Sawyer, with Barbara La Marr, Bert Lytell, Leila Hyams,
1924: Single Wives (Production), Directed by George Archainbaud, with Corinne Griffith, Milton Sills, Kathlyn Williams,
1924: The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln) (Production), Directed by Phil Rosen, with George A. Billings, Ruth Clifford, Nell Craig,
1923: The meanest man in the world (Production), Directed by Edward F. Cline, with Ward Crane, Bert Lytell, Victor Potel,
1923: When a man is a man (Production), Directed by Edward F. Cline, with Bryant Washburn,
1923: The pilgrim (Il pellegrino) (Production), Directed by Charles Chaplin, with Kitty Bradbury, Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance,
1923: The Brass Bottle (Distribution), Directed by Maurice Tourneur, with Harry Myers, Ernest Torrence, Tully Marshall,
1922: Domestic Relations (Distribution), Directed by Chester Withey, with Katherine MacDonald, William P. Carleton, Frank Leigh,
1922: Pay day (Distribution), Directed by Charles Chaplin, with Charles Chaplin, Phyllis Allen, Mack Swain,
1921: Tol'able David (Distribution), Directed by Henry King, with Richard Barthelmess, Gladys Hulette, Walter P. Lewis,
1921: The Play House (Distribution: (as A First National Attraction)), Directed by Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton, with Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline, Virginia Fox,
1921: The idle class (Vanity Fair, Charlot et la maschera di ferro) (Production), Directed by Charles Chaplin, with Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Lita Grey,
1921: The Sky Pilot (Production), Directed by King Vidor, with John Bowers, David Butler, Colleen More,
1921: Sowing the Wind (Distribution), Directed by John M. Stahl, with Anita Stewart, James Morrison, Myrtle Stedman,
1921: The kid (Het Jochie, The Waif (Working title), 6 reels of Joy) (Production), Directed by Charles Chaplin, with Phyllis Allen, Albert Austin, Nellie Bly Baker,
1920: Harriet and the Piper (Production), Directed by Bertram Bracken, with Anita Stewart, Ward Crane, Myrtle Stedman,
1920: The Jack Knife Man (Production), Directed by King Vidor, with Bobby Kelso, Claire McDowell, ,
1920: The Family Honor (Production), Directed by King Vidor, with Ben Alexander, Roscoe Karns, Charles Meredith,
1920: In Search of a Sinner (Production), Directed by John Emerson, with Constance Talmadge,
1919: The Greatest Question (Production), Directed by D.W. Griffith, with Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Ralph Graves,
1919: A day's pleasure (Production), Directed by Charles Chaplin, with Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Henry Bergman,
1919: Sunnyside (Sunny Side) (Production), Directed by Charles Chaplin, with Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Henry Bergman,
1919: Whom the Gods Would Destroy (Humanity (Working title), Whom the Gods Destroy) (Production), Directed by Frank Borzage, with Jack Mulhall, Pauline Starke, Kathryn Adams,
1919: Ravished Armenia (Production), Directed by Oscar Apfel, with Aurora Mardiganian, Irving Cummings, Anna Q. Nilsson,
1918: Shoulder arms (Gewehr über !) (Production), Directed by Charles Chaplin, with Edna Purviance, Charles Chaplin, Syd Chaplin,
1918: The bond (Charlie Chaplin in a Liberty Loan Appeal (Working title)) (Distribution), Directed by Charles Chaplin, with Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Syd Chaplin,
1918: The Passing of the Third Floor Back (Production), Directed by Herbert Brenon, with Johnston Forbes-Robertson, Augusta Haviland, Alfred Hickman,
1918: A dog's life (Production), Directed by Charles Chaplin, with Charles Chaplin, , Henry Bergman,

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