{{Short description|Film production company}}
'''Crystal Film Company''' was an early film company in the United States established by Ludwig Erb.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BTYOAAAAIAAJ&q=Ludwig+G.+B.+Erb&pg=PA38|title=The Theatre of Science: A Volume of Progress and Achievement in the Motion Picture Industry|first=Robert|last=Grau|date=October 12, 1914|publisher=Broadway publishing Company|via=Google Books}}</ref> Crystal Productions made a split-reel comedy films for Universal and then United Film Service. It partnered with other producers after United folded.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C37sAgAAQBAJ&q=Crystal+Productions+erb&pg=PT107|title=The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry|first=Anthony|last=Slide|date=February 25, 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781135925611|via=Google Books}}</ref> Joseph A. Golden partnered with Erb at Crystal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-yNJAQAAMAAJ&q=Crystal+Productions+erb&pg=RA14-PA26|title=Motion Picture News|date=September 19, 1912|publisher=Motion Picture News Incorporated|via=Google Books}}</ref>
Pearl White starred in its films. Alan E. Freedman worked for it briefly.
The studio advertised it was available for rent.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://lantern.mediahist.org/catalog/moctu00moti_0023 | title=Motion picture news studio directory (Apr 12 1917) - Lantern }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G3RJAQAAMAAJ&dq=crystal+film+claremont&pg=RA1-PT21 | title=Cinema News | date=1919 }}</ref> Joseph A. Golden was its president.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://lantern.mediahist.org/catalog/motionpicturestu00moti_0022 | title=Motion picture news studio directory (Oct 21 1916) - Lantern }}</ref>
Actress and playwright Mrs. Celie G. Turner, stage name Celie Ellis,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wJQgAQAAMAAJ&dq=Celie+Turner+film&pg=PA123|title=Camera: A Practical Magazine for Photographers|date=July 12, 1916|publisher=Columbia Photographic Society.|via=Google Books}}</ref> sued the studio for an injury she sustained jumping from a branch while working at it in April 1914.<ref name="auto">{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t3A8vVGzQyoC&dq=Celie+G.+Turner&pg=RA3-PA118 | title=Case on Appeal | date=1916 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FHniXZTef18C&dq=crystal.film.company.claremont&pg=RA2-PA22 | title=New York Court of Appeals. Records and Briefs | date=1916 }}</ref> She won a $4,000 verdict but it was overturned on appeal.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6v1LAQAAMAAJ&dq=celia+turner+film&pg=RA2-PA128 | title=Photoplay Magazine | date=1916 }}</ref>
Hal Roach wrote to the studio.<ref name="auto"/>
==Films== *''Alas, Poor Bunny'' (1911)<ref>https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150110092</ref> *''The Bargee's Daughter'' (1911)<ref>https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150121906</ref> *''Oh, Whiskers!'' (1913) *''The Mind Cure'' (1913), extant at the Library of Congress *''Pearl as a Detective'' (1913), extant *''Will Power'' (1913), extant *''An Innocent Bridegroom'' (1913), extant *''A Night in the Town'' (1913) *''Who is In the Box?'' (1913) *''Mrs. Sharp & Miss Flat'' (1913) *''An Hour of Terror'' (1913) *''The Girl Reporter'' (1913)<ref name=mu/> *''Muchly Engaged'' (1913)<ref name=mu>{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Ew_AAAAYAAJ&dq=%22the+girl+reporter%22+crystal+film+company&pg=PA206 | title=The Moving Picture World | date=1913 }}</ref> *''True Chivalry'' (1913)<ref name=mu/> *''Pearl's Dilemna'' (1913)<ref name=mu/> *''Squaring Things with Wifey'' (1913)<ref name=mu/> *''In Death's Shadow'' (1913)<ref name=mu/> *''The Hallroom Girls'' (1913)<ref name=mu/> *''How Men Propose'' (1913)<ref name=mu/> *''How Moscha Came Back'' (1914), extant at the Library of Congress
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