Silent Studio Directory - 153 - International Film Traders, Inc. - US - 1912 - distribution and import company located at 5 West 14th Street, New York. International Film Service Co., Inc. (IFS) - US - 1914-1922 - distribution company formed by Randolph Hearst after the success of Perils of Pauline; sponsored and distributed other films; in 1916, began opening exchanges in cities where Hearst newspaper was strong to release their own newsreels; in January 1917, began distributing through Pathe exchanges and formed Hearst-Pathe News; in 1919, moved distribution to Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; offices located at 127th St. and 2nd Ave., New York, with William Randolph Hearst as president and George B. Van Cleve as V. P. and general manager; closed in 1922. International Higher Culture Films, Inc. - US - 1921 - production company located at 815-17 Union League Bldg. Los Angeles, California with A. L. Tull as president and R. S. Marsh as V. P.; produced six reel features International Moving Picture Co. - US - 1911 - production company founded May 23, 1911 in Long Beach, California as a joint U.S. and Japanese venture with films made in both countries; studio owned by John Bowers, a local photographer and headed by Ichiro Asia who was a Japanese citizen living in Long Beach; later that year, John Bowers was shot and killed in a love triangle dispute and the studio closed. International Photoplay Corp. - US - 1921-1930 - production company located at 3501-13 N. Kenton Ave. Chicago, Illinois with John Wojtalewicz as president and general manager; produced one and two reel comedies featuring Art Bates and Lou Tops. International Projecting and Producing Company - US - 1909 - distribution company for