Silent Studio Directory - 49 - Burton Holmes Corp. - US - 1898- 1946 - production company formed by Burt Holmes who started presenting travel shows in 1891 using slides; Holmes created his first film in 1897 and travelled presenting films and slides; in the 1920s, Holmes produced travelogue shorts for Paramount called Burton Holmes Travel Pictures; offices located at Aeolian Bldg. 33 W. 42nd St. New York; in 1931, produced a series for MGM and continued with personal travel shows until just after WWII, when Holmes retired. Buster Keaton Productions, Inc. - US - 1922-1928 - production company formed by Joseph M. Schenck, Marcus Lowe and A. H. Giannini as a successor company to Comique; specialized in Buster Keaton features and shorts; filming done at 1205 Lillian Way, Hollywood, California; dissolved in 1928. Butcher & Sons, Ltd - UK - 1913- 1914 - distributor for Broncho Films with offices at Farringdon Ave. E. C. Butcher’s Film Service - UK - 1903-1940s - production and distribution company formed from W. Butcher’s and Son, a photographic supply seller since1896; F. W. Baker took control in 1903 when William Butcher committed suicide and turned it into a distribution company and expanded in production in 1917. Butterfly Pictures - US - 1917 - production company with distribution through Universal. W