Apollo Pictures Inc. was a film production company in the United States in 1917.[1][note 1]

The company was located in New York,[2] and was referred as "picture peal" by the Norfolk Daily News.[3]

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Alma Hanlon starred in their films.[4] Harry R. Raver was president of the company.[5][6][7] It supplied films to their affiliated distributor Art Dramas Inc.[1][8]

John Sainpolis signed with the company to be in The Mystic Hour.[9]

Films

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Notes

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  1. Not to be confused with more recent film producer that made films in 1980s including Rolling Vengeance.

References

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  1. 1 2 "Raver Comes Back: Announces the Birth of Apollo Pictures With Himself as President-To Release Through Art Dramas". Moving Picture World and View Photographer. Vol. 30. World Photographic Publishing Company. December 23, 1916. p. 1793 via Google Books.
  2. "Apollo Pictures, Inc". The Editor. Vol. 44. Editor Publishing Company. December 30, 1916. p. 621 via Google Books.
  3. "Divorce Problem in "Pride and the Devil"". Norfolk Daily News. Norfolk, Nebraska. August 20, 1917. p. 3. Retrieved October 25, 2025 via Newspapers.com. Closed access icon
  4. 1 2 3 "The Mystic Hour (1917)". American Film Institute. Retrieved October 9, 2025.
  5. "Strand Friday". The Town Talk. Alexandria, Louisiana. August 9, 1917. p. 7. Retrieved October 25, 2025 via Newspapers.com. Closed access icon
  6. "Harry R. Raver", Variety, p. 286, September 24, 1941
  7. Vazzana, Eugene Michael (2001). Silent Film Necrology. McFarland. p. 434. ISBN 9780786410590 via Google Books.
  8. 1 2 Slide, Anthony (February 25, 2014). The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry. Taylor & Francis. p. 1879. ISBN 9781135925611 via Google Books.
  9. "Sainpolis to Appear at Murray Sunday". Richmond Palladium. Vol. 42, no. 233. August 11, 1917. Retrieved October 9, 2025 via Hoosier State Chronicles (Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program). Open access icon
  10. "Art Dramas". The New York Dramatic Mirror. Vol. 77, no. 1. Dramatic Mirror Company. January 27, 1917. p. 51 via Google Books.
  11. "Rosie O'Grady (1917)". American Film Institute. Retrieved October 9, 2025.
  12. "Jewel Theater". Santa Cruz Evening News. Santa Cruz, California. July 27, 1917. p. 2. Retrieved October 25, 2025 via Newspapers.com. Closed access icon
  13. ""The Golden God"". Pictures and Picturegoer. Vol. 15. Odhams Limited. October 9, 1918. p. 603 via Google Books.
  14. "Progressive Silent Film List". Silent Era. Retrieved October 9, 2025.
  15. McMahan, Alison (August 22, 2014). Alice Guy Blaché: Lost Visionary of the Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 264. ISBN 9781501302688 via Google Books.