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Thanhouser Company Film Preservation Inc

Preserve every frame!

Portland, OR   |  www.thanhouser.org

Mission

A non-profit corporation focused on the research, acquisition, preservation and publication of educational materials related to the early silent motion picture era, with a specific focus on the Thanhouser film enterprise.

Ruling year info

1997

President

Mr. Ned Thanhouser

Main address

2335 NE 41st Avenue

Portland, OR 97212 USA

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EIN

93-1172563

NTEE code info

Film, Video (A31)

Higher Education Institutions (B40)

Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis (W05)

IRS filing requirement

This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990-N.

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Programs and results

What we aim to solve

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The Thanhouser studio produced over 1,000 silent films during the period from 1910 to 1917, none were saved by the studio. Surviving prints have been discovered at dozens of archives and private collectors around the world, and the mission of this organization is to find those surviving films, assure preservation, and increase access to these treasures through the digitization and distribution of these cinematic gems through modern DVD and online access methods.

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The Thanhouser Studio and the Birth of American Cinema

An award winning 52 minute documentary that premiered on opening night at the Pordenone Silent Film Festival in Pordenone, Italy on October 4, 2014, awarded a Special Jury Award for Documentary at the 2015 WorldFest-Houston, Award of Excellence by the Depth of Field International Film Festival, nominated for Best Documentary Feature by the Los Angles Film Review, selected for competition by the New York Independent Film Festival, and was awarded Best Documentary Feature by Star Doc Fest.

Population(s) Served
Adults

This DVD contains 11 new HD transfers of silent era films produced by the pioneering Thanhouser Studio based in New Rochelle, NY held by the Library of Congress. New and original music is composed and performed exclusively for this collection by Ben Model for 10 of the films with Robert Israel for one title. Included with this collection is a 12 page booklet with film notes, synopses, and cast listings for all films.

Population(s) Served
Adults

Thanhouser Company Film Preservation, Inc. in cooperation with the EYE Filmmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, has produced a DVD compilation of 10 films produced by the pioneering Thanhouser studio. This two-DVD set includes new high-resolution video transfers of films and documents produced from 1910 to 1917 by the Thanhouser studio.

Population(s) Served
Adults

The most ambitious Thanhouser Company effort since its first release in 1910 came with David Copperfield. Based on Charles Dickens’s 1850 immortal story of an English lad's tribulation-filled journey to adulthood, Thanhouser released the films over the course of three weeks beginning on October 17, 1911, one 1,000 foot reel per week. This is the first time these films have been made available to the public on DVD. The high quality video transfer on the DVD is from a new restoration effort undertaken in 2012 by Museo Nazionale del Cinema in Torino, Italy.

Population(s) Served
Adults

A recently discovered nitrate print in the National Library of Norway archives turned out to be the 1916 Thanhouser Film Corporation production of "The Net" - a five-reel feature film released by the Mutual Film Corporation as a MasterPicture, Deluxe Edition No. 88.

The scenario was written by Thanhouser co-founder and scenarist Lloyd F. Lonergan. It was filmed in Jacksonville and Mayport, Florida and runs just over 58 minutes. It is the story of a mysterious women, played by Ethel Jewett, rescued from the sea by a fishman, played by Bert Delaney. She comes with a curse of epic proportions. The plot includes a series of thrilling incidents embracing hairbreadth escapes from death in the quicksands and in the sea. Mysterious criminals evading the law move through the film with a detective who turns crooked when tempted by the beautiful maiden from the sea.

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Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

Resurrecting the Thanhouser studio legacy through a documentary film, educational outreach, and making surviving Thanhouser films available to a global audience to study and enjoy.

Establishing positive relationships with archives and private collectors who acquire and hold Thanhouser films is key to gaining access and digital transfers to achieve the goals of the organization. This requires establishing the company and its president as a credible scholar and trustworthy curator of these films.

President Ned Thanhouser is retired after a 40-year career in the high-tech business. He has the time and resources to devote himself to fulfilling the company mission. Along with guidance from his board of directors, he can travel to film conferences each year to establish and maintain relationships with archives and film scholars around the globe.

The major accomplishment for the organization is the location of over 262 surviving Thanhouser studio films and making 96 of these available to the public on DVD and online. A 53-minute documentary film was produced in 2014 recounting the story of the studio and its contributions to early cinema; this film was screened on Turner Classic Movies in July 2016.

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Thanhouser Company Film Preservation Inc

Board of directors
as of 02/27/2024
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Board chair

Mr. Edwin Thanhouser

Thanhouser Company Film Preservation, Inc.

Term: 1995 - 2024

Kathy Fuller-Seeley

University of Texas

Tom Gunning

University of Chicago

Charlie Keil

University of Toronto

Jennifer Bean

University of Washington

Shelley Stamp

University of California

Michele Kribs

Oregon Historical Society

William Lloyd Thanhouser

Asana

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