Mutual Film

Mutual Film Corporation was an early American motion picture conglomerate best remembered today as the producers of some of Charlie Chaplin's greatest comedies.It originated with the Western Film Exchange founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in July of 1906 by Wisconsin natives John R. Freuler (1872-1958) and Harry E. Aitken (1877-1956).In 1912 MFC included auxiliary units such as Keystone Comedies. In 1912, the company acquired Thanhouser Studios. After consolidating its Majestic Motion Picture Company and Reliance Motion Picture Company into the Mutual Film Corporation in 1915, by 1917 the conglomerate operated as the distributor for four subsidiary studios in California, three of which were in the Los Angeles area and the other in Santa Barbara. They were Signal Film Corporation, Vogue Films, Inc., Lone Star Film Company and American Film Company. Vogue Films, Inc. operated a studio at Santa Monica Boulevard and Gower street in Los Angeles producing two-reel comedy films exclusively.
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