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                  Kalem Film Manufacturing Company
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                  Type of Company
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                  Production company
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                  Country of Origination
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                  United States of America
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                  Years of Operation
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									Formed 1905 
                  Active 1905 through early 1907 when the company was reorganized as Kalem Company, Incorporated
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                  Company Principals
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									George Kleine 
                  Samuel Long 
                  Francis J. Marion
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                  Company Offices
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									235 West 23rd Street, New York, New York, USA (circa 1912) 
                  235-239 West 23rd Street, New York, New York, USA (circa 1913)
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                  Company Studios
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									21st Street, New York, New York, USA 
                  Jacksonville, Florida, USA 
                  North Verdugo Road, Glendale, California, USA
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									 Kalem Film Manufacturing Company was reorganized into Kalem Company, Incorporated, by at least November 1911. The company purchased by The Vitagraph Company of America (circa 1916-1917). 
                  References: Brownlow-Parade pp. 386, 388; Eyman-Wayne p. 23; Robinson-Palace pp. 86, 97, 115. 
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