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127: 277: 225: 97: 64:, the Frohman brothers developed a system of touring theatrical companies that would perform in various parts of the United States. They eventually made their way to New York City in the 1880s where they set up offices that managed bookings for a chain of Western theaters whose operations extended through to California. 111:
to be used primarily as a vehicle to make motion pictures from theatrical plays on which they held the rights. A few months after the film company was set up, Charles Frohman died in the sinking of the
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Gustave and Daniel Frohman continued producing theatrical plays until the early part of the 1930s. They also managed their theatres until Daniel, the last surviving brother, died in 1940.
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and the Frohmans remained involved until 1918 when they parted ways with Zukor after having been part of seventy-four Famous Players productions.
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were American theatre owners, including on Broadway, and theatrical producers who also owned and operated motion picture production companies.
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which created a monopoly in 1896 that controlled almost every aspect of theatre contracts and bookings for the next twenty years.
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Daniel Frohman led the brothers business interests into a 1912 partnership with filmmaker
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was a partner is the company. They made more than two dozen two-reel Western films with
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Until its dissolution in 1920, their film company produced twenty-one motion pictures.
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Between its startup in 1915 and 1917, all of the company's films were directed by
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Charles Frohman became the representative partner in the
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Index

Daniel Frohman
Gustave Frohman
Charles Frohman
Jewish
Sandusky, Ohio
Theatrical Syndicate
Adolph Zukor
Famous Players Film Company
The Prisoner of Zenda

Texas Guinan
RMS Lusitania
George Irving

Mack Swain
Frohman Amusement Corp
William L. Sherrill
Texas Guinan
The Boss of the Rancho
The Heart of Texas
Body and Soul
The Conquest of Canaan
Then I'll Come Back to You
Larry Evans (novelist)
Alice Brady
Jack Sherrill
God's Man
Once to Every Man

Texas Guinan

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