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H.E. Aitken
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In 1915, with brother
Roy Aitken
and partners
Adam Kessel
and
Charles Baumann
, started the Triangle Film Corp., which produced films by such directors as
D.W. Griffith
and
Mack Sennett
and such stars as
Lillian Gish
and
Douglas Fairbanks
.
One of the founders of the American Film Mfg. Co., which later became the American Film Co., a major production company in the late 1910s and early 1920s, which began in Chicago but eventually set up shop in Santa Barbara, California.
Is portrayed by
Jim Broadbent
in
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003)
Used to be a real estate agent.
Along with
John R. Freuler
, he founded the distribution outlet the Western Film Exchange on July 23, 1906.
Founded Tri-Stone Pictures in 1923.
Founded the Film Supply Co. in 1911.
Founded, with brother Roy Aitken, the Majestic Motion Picture Co. in 1911. It was sold to Triangle Film Corp. in 1917.
Founded the Mutual Film Co. in 1912.
Founded the Continental Feature Film Corp. in 1914.
Founded (with
D.W. Griffith
) the Epoch Producing Corp. in 1915, to produce and distribute
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
.
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