Silent Studio Directory - 27 - Associated Screen News Inc. - US - 1921-1922 - distributed newsreels with offices located at 120 W. 41st St. New York; G. Baynes was president and general manager. Astor Pictures Corp - US - 1925-1963 started as a distributor of reissued classic films, but expanded to film production; operated three subsidiary companies in 1930s: Vigilant Pictures Corp., B ‘n’ B Film Corp. and Promotional Films, Inc.; in the 1950s, formed Atlantic Television Corp. to release inventory to TV; Astor purchased by Franklin F. Bruder in 1959; filed for bankrupcy in 1963. Astoria Studios - US - 1920-current - located at 34-31 35th St. Astoria, N.Y.; studio opened as the production center for Famous Players-Lasky; produced more than 100 silent features; became a production studio for Paramount; from 1940-1946, taken over by the War Department to create propa- ganda films; rental studio after the war . Astra Film Co. - US - 1915-1916 - production company with Louis Gasnier as president; distributed through Pathe Exchange; became Astra Film Corporation. Astra Film Corp. - US - 1916-1921 - production company formed from Astra Film Company; located at 1 Congress St. Jersey City, New Jersey; Louis J. Gasnier was president, George Baker was V. P., George B. Seitz was secretary and A. T. Dobson was general manager; George Fitzmaurice and Edward Jose also involved; distribution through Pathe Exchange; leased the Pathe Studios in New Jersey until 1919 when they purchased the Diando Film Company studio at Verdugo Road in Glendale, California.