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3 unusual facts about Kalem Company


Baby Marie Osborne

Most of her films were produced at Diando Studios, the former Kalem Movie Studio in Glendale, California.

Ethel Teare

In Desperate Bud, the Plumber, a Kalem Company comedy, Teare was supported by Charles Dudley in the title role.

Marin Sais

Sais would go on to star in a number of well-received comedy shorts for Kalem Company opposite actors Ruth Roland, Marshall Neilan and Edward Coxen.


1910 in Ireland

August - The Kalem Company of New York City begins shooting the first of several films partly on location in Ireland, A Lad from Old Ireland, with a filming location around Beaufort, County Kerry.

Francelia Billington

She began working in films for the Kalem Company's West Coast studio in 1912, then she moved to Reliance-Majestic Studios the following year, and continued starring in films under its banner when D. W. Griffith became the studio's director-general.

Jim Bludso

Jim Bludso was a poem from the Pike County Ballads of John Hay, a familiar set piece in the repertoire of elocutionists, actors and other public speakers; the Kalem Company had already made a one-reeler out of the same property in 1912.


see also

Denman Thompson

In 1914, the Kalem Company also made the highly successful adventure film serial, The Hazards of Helen, based on Thompson's work.