Silent Studio Directory - 320 - at 4 Gerrard St., Winchester, and 7 Rupert Ct., Westminster. Western Pictures Exploitation Co. - US - 1921-1923 - distribution company located at 576 5th Ave., New York with Irving M. Lesser as president and general manager, and 5528 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, California, with Mike Rosenberg as general manager. Western Photoplays, Inc. - US - 1918 - production company headed by Joseph A. Golden and A. Alperstein to produce westerns for Pathe; acquired in 1918 by Astra Film Corp., who continued their production. Western Star Productions - US - 1921 - production company located at 620 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, with Phillip Goldstone as general manager; produced five reel westerns. West’s Pictures - AUSTRALIA - 1910-1914 - production and distribution company formed by Thomas James West to produce newsreels and shorts and distribute short comedies such as Keystone Comedies; in 1912, merged with Amalgamated Pictures and Spencer’s Pictures to form General Film Co. of Australasia, but continued use of West’s Pictures trade name. [see General Film Co. of Australasia; Spencer’s Pictures; Amalgamated Pictures]