Vitagraph Studios

Vitagraph Studios
IndustryMotion picture exhibition, distribution and production
Founded1897 (1897)
Defunct1925 (1925)
FateAcquired by, folded into Warner Bros. Pictures
SuccessorThe Vitaphone Corporation
Headquarters
Brooklyn, New York
ProductsMotion pictures, film distribution
ParentIndependent (1914–1925)
Warner Bros. Pictures (1925)

Vitagraph Studios, also known as the Vitagraph Company of America, was an American film production company. It was founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York, as the American Vitagraph Company. By 1907, it was the most prolific American film production company, producing many famous silent films. It was bought by Warner Bros. Pictures in 1925.