Silent Studio Directory - 14 - manager; previously American Film Manufacturing Co.; offices located at 222 S. State St. in Chicago, Illinois; studios located at Santa Barbara, California; expanded production under the trademark names of American Star Films, Beauty Films, Clipper Star Films, Flying A Films, Mustang Films, Signal Films and Vogue Films; distribution through Mutual until 1918, when they changed to Pathe; went out of business in 1922. American Film Manufacturing Co., Inc. - US - 1910-1915 - production company formed by Samuel S. Hutchinson, Harry E. Aitken, Charles J. Hite and John R. Freuler; offices located at 6227-6235 Broadway St., Chicago, Illinois; studio located in Santa Barbara, California; initially staffed by executives from the Essanay Film Manufacturing Co.; produced one reel comedies, dramas and westerns; American Film became a subsidiary studio in the creation of Mutual Film Corp. in 1912; in 1914 began releasing a weekly comedy under the trademark of Beauty Films; released their first feature film and their first serial the following year; in 1915, several studios left to form Triangle and they changed their name to American Film Co., Inc. American Film Releases - UK - 1911- 1915 - distribution company for Ambrosio, Atlas, Comet, Rep, Dansk, Kinograph, Royal, Volsca, St. Louis, K. W. (Colonia Berlin), Helios, Life Photo Film Co., and Players Film Corp.; offices located at 19 Cecil Court, Westminster. American Film Trading Co - UK - 1910-1912 - distribution company located at 81-83 Shaftsbury Ave. Westminster; owned by Harry Aitken, Arthur Cohen, Arthur Crook, and Frederick Wilkins; management was C. P. Crawford and Jack Reece; distributed for Kalem, Gaumont, Pathe, Urban, Eclipse, Essanay, Vitagraph, Lubin, Selig and Edison; moved to 166 London Road, Liverpool in June, 1911. American Gaumont - US - 1912-1915 - American branch office of Gaumont Film in France. American Kinema - FRANCE - 1910 - trade name for a series released by Pathe Freres