Silent Studio Directory - 211 - New York Film Company - 1912 - distribution company located at 12 Union Square, New York. New York Motion Picture Co. - US - 1909-1912 - production and distribution company formed from merger of Adam Kessel’s Empire Film Exchange, Charles O. Baumann of International Film Exchange, and Fred Balshofer; located at 426 Sixth Ave., New York; initially released under the trade name of Bison Life Motion Pictures; distributed films for Ambrosio and Itala; contracted with the Millers 101 Ranch for their winter retreat, renamed Inceville; merged to form the Motion Picture Distributing and Sales Co., but soon left leaving Carl Laemmle as president of what would become Universal Studios. [see New York Motion Picture Corp] New York Motion Picture Corp. - US - 1912-1916 - production company with Adam Kessel as president, Charles Baumann as V. P., and Charles J. Hite as treasurer after leaving the Motion Picture Distributing and Sales Co.; located at 42nd Street & Broadway, New York; used trade names of Broncho and 101-Bison for westerns, Domino for comedies, and Kay-Bee for dramas; distribution through Mutual; in 1916, merged to become part of Triangle Film Corp. New Zealand Moving Picture Co. Ltd. - NEW ZEALAND - 1921- 1922 - production company formed in Otaki and released under the trade name Maoriland Films. Newcastle Film Supply Co. - UK - 1913-1914 - distribution company with offices at 177 Westgate Rd., Newcastle. Nihon Katsudo Film, Inc. - JAPAN - 1912-current - production company formed by the merger of Yoshizawa & Co., M-Pathe, Hukuhou-do, and Yokota & Co., which was known as Nikkatsu; Einosuke Yokota was president;