Silent Studio Director - 82 - Decla-Bioskop - GERMANY - 1920- 1923 - production company formed from the merger of Decla and Deusche Bioskop AG; merged with UFA in 1923 with Pommer as head of production. Decla-Film - GERMANY - 1915- 1920 - production company formed by Erich Pommer; in 1919, merged with Meinert Film with Rudolf Meinert becoming head of production and Erich Pommer head of distribution; in 1920, merged with Deusche Bioskop AG to become Decla- Bioskop. Deer Brand Film - US - 1914 - trade name for series released by A. Blinkhorn. Defender Film Co. - US - 1910 - formed by Edwin S. Porter and Joseph Engel; located at 19 Union Square, New York; desolved six months later. Deitrich-Beck, Inc. - US - 1919 - formed by Theodore C. Deitrich and Arthur F. Beck in July 1919 to produce films from the novels of Louis Joseph Vance; distribution through W. W. Hodkinson Corp. Delac & Co. - FRANCE - 1908 - distribution company located in Paris that distributed films of Le Film d’Art. Dell Henderson Productions - US - 1925-1927 - production company formed by Dell Henderson; retired in 1927. DeMille Pictures Corp. - US - 1925-1929 - production company formed by Cecil B. De Mille. Democracy Film Co. - US - 1919 - formed in June 1919 to make patriotic films about black American participation in World War I; E & R Studio in Los Angeles was used for production.