Centaur Film Company - The Centaur Film Company Name

The Centaur Film Company Name

The "Centaur Film Company" name appears on 55 films (1916 to 1919) - Pictures released by different film distributors ( Mutual Film (1915–1916 )- Triangle Distributing Corporation)

The "Nestor Film Company" name appears on 184 films (1910 to 1920) - Pictures released by Universal Film Manufacturing Company : Santa Monica Road Race (1912)

The "Nestor Film Company" was used as the name of a UnIversal Studios Production units - 660 productions - Universal Film Manufacturing Company (1912–1920


William Horsley Papers (Collection Number 540). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Includes photographs of Horsley, Nestor Motion Picture Company staff, and the opening of Universal Studios. Journals, including Motive Power, feature biographical accounts of Horsley.

  • Motography, vol.13 no.1, January 2, 1915. pp. 17–18. Article describing William Horsley's role in the establishment of Universal City
  • International Photographer, March–April 1934,
  • National Photographic Dealer, August 1943. Issue features William Horsley on the occasion of his 36th year in business.

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