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The Gnome Motion Picture Company was a film production company that is credited with three productions between 1910 and 1911. The purpose of the company to was to produce stories about gnomes. ''Alice in Funnyland'', ''The Birth of the Gnomes'' and ''Alice's New Year's Party'' were all productions that were most likely never released. Announcements in trade publications ceased in January 1911 and the company treasurer, Frederick Kalmbach, was later sued by the City of New York for taxes. Of the three planned productions, two official synopses were released in ''The Nickelodeon''. Despite no evidence of an actual release, the American Film Institute still recognizes all three films as being released in January 1911. == History == According to ''The Nickelodeon'' the "Gnome Motion Picture Company was formed to manufacture pictures under the Meredith-Jones camera patents, now owned and controlled, together with several other patents, by the Animated Picture Patents Company." The company's incorporation announcement stated it had $30,000 in capital and its directors were Frederick Kalmbach, James C. Hutchinson and H. Meredith Jones.〔 The studio and offices were located at the southwest corner of Park and Tremont Ave in Bronx, New York City, New York. According to a report, Gnome purchased a Motiograph Moving Picture Machine and Hallberg's Standard Automatic Electric Economizers for their productions.〔 The company's lead actress was Mildred Hutchinson and employed its staff to produce stories about fictional gnomes, specifically for child audiences.〔 Hutchinson was a seasoned child actress at the time of the productions who had credits working with Edison, Vitagraph and Melies the age of six.〔 Records surrounding the release suggest that ''Alice in Funnyland'', ''The Birth of the Gnomes'' and ''Alice's New Year's Party'' were never released. The venture ultimately failed and the City of New York sued Frederick Kalmbach, the company treasurer, for unpaid taxes on an assessment of $3,000. Kalmbach said that the Gnome Motion Picture Company was no longer conducting business when the assessment was made and the case was dismissed by the judge in 1918. The last record of the Gnome Motion Picture Company in trade publications, in both announcements and advertisements, comes from a January 14 issue of Moving Picture World which announces all three of the films would be delayed for a "few days".〔 The American Film Institute still identifies all three films as having been released in January 1911 by Gnome.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Gnome Motion Picture Co. )〕 ''The Moving Picture World''s Thomas Bedding provided the best recognition of the company. Bedding wrote, "The Gnome Company seem to be working on, what to our minds, is the most interesting phase of the Christmas sentiment. They are making fairy pictures for young people. We fully expect to see other makers follow suit, when they realize what the real Christmas sentiment is, namely one of lightness, brightness, joyousness."〔 Advertisements for the productions show the great desire of the company to produce the three films in the December 1910 season, but interest in the Christmas and New Year's productions would have waned by mid-January 1911 with the productions still not released. Ultimately, the Gnome Motion Picture Company represents an early attempt to cater film productions to children and during the Christmas season. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gnome Motion Picture Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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