Equitable Motion Picture Company was a short-lived but influential silent film company. It was launched in 1915. [1] It was headed by Arthur Spiegel. [2] It distributed its films through William A. Brady's World Film Company. [3] It was acquired by World Film in 1916, with the agreement signed on January 29, 1916, afterwards it was consolidated under Brady's control. [3] [4]
In 1915 the startup film company signed Margarita Fischer and Harry Pollard, [5] and also signed Clara Kimball Young [3] It took over the Horsley ( David Horsley) studio in Bayonne, New Jersey. [6]
Cinematographer William C. Foster worked for Equitable.