Triangle Film Corporation (also known as Triangle Motion Picture Company ) was a major American motion-picture studio, founded in July 1915 in Culver City, California and terminated 7 years later in 1922.
7-605: The studio was founded in July 1915 by Harry and Roy Aitken , two brothers from the Wisconsin farmlands who pioneered the studio system of Hollywood's Golden Age . Harry was also D. W. Griffith 's partner at Reliance-Majestic Studios ; both parted with the Mutual Film Corporation in the wake of The Birth of a Nation 's unexpected success that year. Triangle was envisioned as a prestige studio based on
14-694: The Triangle Film Corporation in 1915, which was on a triangular plot in Culver City . This produced Intolerance but failed soon after due to over ambition and was sold to Goldwyn. He returned to in home town of Waukesha, Wisconsin around 1918 and died there on August 1, 1956, and is buried there in Prairie Home Cemetery. The Wisconsin Historical Society has a collection of his papers. Aitken
21-511: The Mutual distribution company. Within three years they were distributing movies to 45 towns and cities. Aitken worked with D. W. Griffith and Charlie Chaplin . He was involved with the Majestic and Reliance studios. With D. W. Griffith he co-founded Epoch Producing Company under the umbrella of which The Birth of a Nation was produced. The profits from that film were used to set up
28-622: The Triangle name were still released to the general public until 1923. With the exception of Oh, Mabel Behave (1922), all of Triangle's films were released between 1915 and 1919. Most films were made on the West Coast, but some of Triangle's production took place in Fort Lee , New Jersey. Harry Aitken Harry E. Aitken (October 4, 1877 – August 1, 1956) was an American film studio executive and producer. He
35-837: The producing abilities of filmmakers D. W. Griffith , Thomas Ince and Mack Sennett . The studio planned to open eight model theaters, but opened only three: the Knickerbocker in New York, the Chestnut Street Opera House in Philadelphia and the Studebaker Theatre in Chicago. They opened in 1915 and were all closed as unviable in 1916. Eventually, the studio suffered from bloat. By 1917, producer Adolph Zukor had taken control of all of
42-572: The studio's assets. In June 1917, Thomas H. Ince and Mack Sennett left the company and sold their remaining interests. In 1917, Triangle's distribution network of film exchanges were sold off to the W.W. Hodkinson company for $ 600,000 (equivalent to $ 14,000,000 in 2023). Goldwyn Pictures purchased the Triangle Studios in Culver City in 1918. Triangle continued to produce films until 1919, when it ceased operations. Films using
49-706: Was born on October 4, 1877. He grew up on a family farm near Goerke's Corners, Wisconsin . The brothers operated Keystone Studios and eventually Harry became a partner in the Mutual Film Company . Along with his brother Roy Aitken (1882–1978), he helped pioneer the production and distribution of movies during the early silent film era in the United States. In 1906 they founded the Western Film Exchange with John R. Freuler . They moved to California in 1908 and in 1912 founded
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