Silent Studio Directory - 16 - American Pathe - US - 1923-1931 - production and distribution company formed by the acquisition of Pathe Exchange by Merrill Lynch; changed name to American Pathe; acquired by Orpheum Circuit in 1927; American Pathe was divided off of the RKO merger and given to Joe Kennedy who moved it to California and merged it with DeMille's Culver City studio in 1928; Kennedy sold to RKO in 1931. American Pictures Associates - US - 1922 - located at 209 E. 124th St. New York. American Quo Vadis Film Co. - UK - 1914 - distribution company for Ambrosio Films and Quo Vadis Films; offices at 12 Cecil Court, Westminster. American Releasing Corp. - US - 1922-1923 - distribution company located at 15 W. 44th St. New York; Walter E. Green was president and F. B. Warren was V. P. American Rotograph Co. - US - 1914 - production company. American Sportagraph Co. - US - 1899 - production company. American Standard Motion Picture Corp. - US - 1917-1918 - production and distribution company located on the 9th Floor of the Consumers Bldg in Chicago, Illinois; Samuel Quinn was president and M. G. Watkins was head of production; New York offices were located at 130 West 46th Street with Samuel D. Pelzman as general manager. American Star Films - US - 1915 - trademark name used by American Film Manufacturing Co. American Vitagraph Co. - US - 1897- 1900 - production company formed by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith; company name changed to Vitagraph Company of America in 1900. American Woman Film Co. - US - 1916- production company located in Los Angeles, California with Mary Whitney Emerson as president and J. Farrell MacDonald as head of production. America’s Feature Film Co. - US - 1911-1913 - production company located in Room 403, Schiller Building, Chicago, Illinois and headed by E. J. Eichenlaub. Amkino Pictures - US - 1927-1940 - distributor of Russian films located at 723 7th Ave. New York; distributed 15-20 feature films a year plus shorts; changed name to Artkino Pictures after WWII and continued until 1980. Ammex Motion Picture Mfg. Company - US - 1912-1914 - production company of mostly western films; general offices in American National Bank Bldg, San