Silent Studio Directory - 35 - Balshofer Productions Inc. - US - 1920-1928 - production company and studio with Fred Balshofer as president and director; located at 1329 Gordon St. Hollywood, California. Bamforth and Co. - UK - 1898- 1915 - production company located at Holmfirth in Yorkshire, England; produced comedies and marionette cartoons under the trade name Mario-Cartoons; distribution through Yorkshire Cine Co.; absorbed by Holmfirth Producing Co. in October 1915. Banba Co. - IRELAND - 1915 - production company formed by C. A. McEvoy; located in Dublin. Banner Productions - US - 1924- 1925 - production company distributed through Henry Ginsberg Distributing Corp. Barker Films - UK - 1913-1914 - trade name for films released by Barker Motion Photography Ltd. Barker Motion Photography Ltd. - UK - 1913-1914 - production company located at 1 Soho Square, Winchester; released under the trade name of Barker Films. Barrett’s Australian Productions - AUSTRALIA - 1922 - production company formed by Franklyn Barrett. Barsky - US - 1925 - production company owned by Irving J. Barsky. Bayoumi Photo Film - EGYPT - 1926-1927 - production company located at 16 Saad Zaghloul St. at Ramleh Station in Alexandria; formed by Mohamed Bayoumi to produce documentary shorts. Beacon Film Co., Inc. - US - 1914 - distribution company located at 110 West 40th Street, 3rd Floor, New York using the trade name Beacon Productions.