Editing Adolph Zukor (section)

==Famous Players==
[[File:Adolph Zukor 001.jpg|left|thumb|215x215px|Zukor in 1913]]
In 1912, Adolph Zukor established [[Famous Players Film Company]]—advertising "Famous Players in Famous Plays"—as the American distribution company for the [[France|French]] film production ''[[Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth]]'' starring [[Sarah Bernhardt]].<ref name="TIMWU2010">[[Tim Wu|Wu, Tim]], {{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=iM6sos2U554C| title = ''The Master Switch : The Rise and Fall of Information Empires''| isbn = 9780307594655| last1 = Wu| first1 = Tim| date = November 2, 2010| publisher = Knopf Doubleday Publishing}}, New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-307-26993-5}}. Cf. especially {{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=iM6sos2U554C&q=sarah+bernhardt| title = p. 62| isbn = 9780307594655| last1 = Wu| first1 = Tim| date = November 2, 2010| publisher = Knopf Doubleday Publishing}} on the film and Sarah Bernhardt. Sections of the book are on the film industry's early days and the then independent film studios such as Paramount.</ref> The following year he obtained the financial backing of the [[Frohman brothers]], the powerful New York City theatre impresarios. Their primary goal was to bring noted stage actors to the screen and Zukor went on to produce ''[[The Prisoner of Zenda (1913 film)|The Prisoner of Zenda]]'' (1913). He purchased an [[Armory (military)|armory]] on 26th Street in Manhattan and converted it into [[Chelsea Studios]], a movie studio that is still used today.<ref>{{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=wDpSaPkSt-8C&dq=%22221+West+26th%22&pg=PA231| title = New York: The Movie Lover's Guide: The Ultimate Insider Tour of Movie New York - Richard Alleman - Broadway (February 1, 2005)| isbn = 9780767916349| last1 = Alleman| first1 = Richard| year = 2005| publisher = Crown}} {{ISBN|0-7679-1634-4}}</ref>

In 1916, the company merged with [[Jesse L. Lasky]]'s company to form [[Famous Players–Lasky]].