Silent Studio Directory - 310 - Vitagraph Co. Ltd. - UK - 1913- 1922 - distributor formed from a name change of the British company of Vitagraph Company of America with offices at 31-33 Charing Cross Rd. Winchester. Vitagraph Company of America - UK - 1907-1913 - British distribution arm of Vitagraph Company of America located at 23 Cecil Court Westminster; changed name to Vitagraph Co. Ltd. in 1913 and moved. Vitagraph Company of America - US - 1897-1925 - production company formed by J. Stuart Blackton, Albert A. Smith, Ronald A. Reader and William T. “Pop” Rock; in 1898, set up the first studio on rooftop of Morse Bldg. Nassau St. New York; opened studio in 1905 in Brooklyn; opened studio in California in 1911 at 1438 2nd St. in Santa Monica; in 1915, formed V-L-S-E with Lubin, Selig and Essanay for distribution; in 1921, offices at 469 5th Ave. New York with Albert E. Smith as president and John M Quinn as general manager; acquired by Warner Bros April 20, 1925 but the Vitagraph name continued to be used into the 1950s.