{{short description|American short-lived film distributor}} '''Alco Films''', established as '''Alco Film Corporation''', was a short-lived American film distributor established in New York City during the silent film era in 1914.<ref name="Phipps 1990" /> It was co-founded by Al Lichtman.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|title=2 Film Vets Die Within One Week; Al Lichtman at 70; Louis K. Sidney 63|date=February 26, 1958|page=16|url=https://archive.org/details/variety209-1958-02/page/n232/mode/1up|access-date=September 27, 2021|via=Archive.org}}</ref> The company worked to establish exclusive distribution deals with movie theater networks for its films.<ref name="Slide 2014 p. 4" /> It entered bankruptcy proceedings in 1915 after internal strife,<ref name="Slide 2014 p. 4" /> but the shareholders reorganized as Metro Pictures in January 1915.<ref name="Eyman 2008 p. 43" />
==Selected filmography== * ''The Nightingale'' (1914) * ''Salomy Jane'' (1914) * ''Tillie's Punctured Romance'' (1914) * ''Shore Acres'' (1914) * ''The Three of Us'' (1914)
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<ref name="Eyman 2008 p. 43">{{cite book | last = Eyman | first = S. | title = Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer | publisher = Simon & Schuster | year = 2008 | isbn = 978-1-4391-0791-1 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Jid5xNh89wgC&pg=PA43 | access-date = 24 June 2018 | page = 43}}</ref> <ref name="Phipps 1990">{{cite journal | title = "The Nightingale" and the Beginnings of the Alco Film Corporation | first = Steven | last = Phipps | date = 16 May 1990 | journal = Film History | volume = 4 | issue = 4 | pages = 323–335 | jstor = 3815060}}</ref> <ref name="Slide 2014 p. 4">{{cite book | last = Slide | first = A. | title = The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry | publisher = Taylor & Francis | year = 2014 | isbn = 978-1-135-92554-3 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=KnzsAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA4 | access-date = 24 June 2018 | page = 4}}</ref>
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Category:Film distributors based in New York (state) Category:Entertainment companies established in 1914 Category:1914 establishments in New York City Category:Entertainment companies disestablished in 1915