Editing Premium Picture Productions

{{Short description|1920s movie studio in Beaverton, Oregon}}
'''Premium Picture Productions''' is a former [[movie studio]] located in [[Beaverton, Oregon]], which was active in the early 1920s. It was founded in 1921, with [[J.J. Fleming]] as president and Dr. G.E. Watts and three others as directors of the corporation,<ref name=oreg-1921aug3>"Film Company Floated". (August 3, 1921). ''The Morning Oregonian'', p. 11.</ref> and it opened its production lot in 1922.<ref name=oreg-2008mar>{{cite news|last=Nelson|first=Don|title=Of planes, trains, films and farms: Beaverton's past includes a movie studio, airport, rail to Portland and produce|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/special/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1206145520204260.xml&coll=7|accessdate=December 11, 2013|newspaper=[[The Oregonian|The Sunday Oregonian]]|date=March 30, 2008}}</ref>  The company went out of business in late 1925.<ref name=mapes>{{cite book|last=Mapes|first=Virginia|title=Chakeipi ("the Place of the Beaver"): The History of Beaverton, Oregon|year=1993|publisher=[[Beaverton, Oregon|City of Beaverton]]|pages=131–134|chapter=Chapter 15: Premium Picture Productions|oclc=28908244}}</ref> The studio produced approximately fifteen [[silent film]]s, including the following:
* ''[[The Flash (1922 film)|The Flash]]'' (1922)<ref name=mapes/>
* ''[[Crashing Courage]]'' (1923)
* ''[[Flames of Passion (1923 film)|Flames of Passion]]'' (1923)<ref name=mapes/>
* ''[[The Frame-Up (1923)|The Frame-Up]]'' (1923)
* ''[[The Power Divine]]'' (1923)
* ''[[The Range Patrol]]'' (1923)
* ''[[Scars of Hate]]'' (1923)
* ''[[The Vow of Vengeance]]'' (1923)
* ''[[The Way of the Transgressor]]'' (1923)
* ''[[Beaten (1924 film)|Beaten]]'' (1924)
* ''[[Harbor Patrol]]'' (1924)
* ''[[The Trail of Vengeance]]'' (1924)
* ''[[Shackles of Fear]]'' (1924)
* ''[[Phantom Shadows]]'' (1925)
* ''The Fighting Parson''<ref name=mapes/> (or ''The Fighting Romeo'') (1925),<ref>{{IMDb title|0132949|The Fighting Romeo|(1925)}}</ref> starring [[Al Ferguson]]<ref name=mapes/>

Many of their films were directed by [[Harry Moody (director)|Harry Moody]] (also credited as H.G. Moody) and [[William James Craft]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}

==References==
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== External links and references ==
* [https://catalog.afi.com/Search?searchField=ProductionCompany&searchText=Premium%20Picture%20Productions&sortType=sortByRelevance List of the studio's movies] from the [[American Film Institute]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/company/co0034072/ Premium Picture Productions at IMDB]
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040404180215/http://www.mopan.org/mpf/mpfmovielist1.shtml |title=List of movies}} made in [[Oregon]]

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[[Category:Mass media companies established in 1921]]
[[Category:Mass media companies disestablished in 1925]]
[[Category:Defunct American film studios]]
[[Category:Beaverton, Oregon]]
[[Category:Defunct companies based in Oregon]]
[[Category:Mass media in Oregon]]
[[Category:1921 establishments in Oregon]]
[[Category:1925 disestablishments in Oregon]]
[[Category:Film production companies of the United States]]

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