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Jesse L. Lasky
Feature Play Company,
Incorporated
 
Type of Company Production company
Country of Origination United States of America
Years of Operation Formed 1913
Active 1913 through 1916
Merged 19 July 1916
Company Principals Jesse L. Lasky, president (1913-1916)
Samuel Goldfish (Samuel Goldwyn), general manager (1913-1916)
Cecil B. DeMille, director general (1913-1916)
Arthur S. Friend, treasurer (circa 1916) and corporate lawyer (1913-?)
Company Offices 120 West 41st Street, New York, New York, USA (circa 1915)
Company Studios Selma and Vine Street (1913)

Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company, Incorporated, was established in 1913. Early feature film productions were distributed on State Rights basis. The company merged with Famous Players Film Company into the Famous Players-Lasky Company in 1916.

References: Birchard-DeMille p. 3; Robinson-Palace p. 117 : Website-AFI; Website-Wikipedia.

 
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