Silent Studio Directory - 108 - Fairmount Film Co. - US - 1917 - production company. Falstaff Comedies - US - 1915 - trade name used by Thanhouser Film Corp. Famous Artists Corp. of America - US - 1927 - production and distribution company for All Star Negro Motion Pictures and Famous Negro News; offices located at Widener Bldg. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Famous Negro News - US - 1927 - [see Famous Artists Corp. of America] Famous Pictures - UK - 1918 - production company formed by Edwin H. Wright with the purchase of the British Empire Film studio at Whetstone. Famous Players Film Co. - UK - 1912-1916 - distributors of Famous Players Films with offices at 84 Charing Cross Rd. Winchester. Famous Players Film Co. - US - 1912-1916 - formed by Adolph Zukor in 1912 with offices located at 213-229 W. 26th Street, New York; merged with Jesse Lasky's Feature Play Co. to form Famous Players-Lasky Corp. Famous Players Film Service - CANADA - 1916- - distribution company with offices located in Toronto; states rights distributor of Christie’s Comedies et al for Toronto, Montreal, St. John, Winnipeg, Calgary, and Vancouver. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. - US - 1916-1927 - production company merged July 19, 1916, a month after the takeover of Paramount Pictures with offices located at 485 5th Ave. New York and 1520 Vine St. Hollywood, California with Adolph Zukor as president, Jesse L. Lasky as V. P. and Cecil B. De Mille as general