King-Bee Films
King-Bee Films Corporation was a film production company in the U.S. that released two-reel short film comedies during the silent film era. The company's stars included Billy West, a Charlie Chaplin imitator. Louis Burstein was the company's president and general manager. He established it in 1917 after the breakup of Vim Comedy Company[1] to produce comedies starring West. Oliver Hardy and Ethelyn Gibson also acted for the company. It operated a studio in Jacksonville, Florida,[2] then Bayonne, New Jersey and finally at 1329 Gordon Street in Hollywood, California.[2] Its offices were in New York.[3]
History
[edit | edit source]King-Bee had offices in New York and Hollywood, California.[3] The company's production sites included Jacksonville, Florida.[4] Arvid E. Gillstrom directed for King-Bee. Members of the company on their way to Hollywood were entertained in Chicago by members of the Standard Films Corporation.[5]
King Bee's Billy West comedies were in such demand it wanted him to work on two at a time.[6]
Filmography
[edit | edit source]- The Hero 1917 a Billy West comedies film[7]
- The Villain 1917 a Billy West comedies film[8]
- The Slave 1917 a Billy West comedies film[9]
- The Pest 1917 a Billy West comedies film[10]
- The Millionaire 1917 a Billy West comedies film[11]
- Dough Nuts 1917 a Billy West comedies film[12]
- The Candy Kid 1917 a Billy West comedies film[13]
- Back Stage a Billy West comedies film[14]
- The Pest (1917), extant[15]
- The Orderly 1918 a Billy West comedies film[16]
- The Stranger 1918 a Billy West comedies film[17]
- The Messenger 1918 a Billy West comedies film[18]
- His Day Out (1918), extant
- King-Bee Films posters
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