Pilot Films Corporation

Pilot Films Corporation, also known as Pilot Films Company, was a short lived American independent film production company founded in 1913. The company was located at 120 School St. in Yonkers, New York. A maker of silent films, the first film it released was The Blacksmith's Story (1913), directed by Travers Vale. Producing more than thirty films in the year 1913, it made several films starring the actress Lottie Pickford. In addition to making films at its studio in Yonkers, it also leased Balboa Films to create films in California; including the 1913 film Hoodman Blind directed by James Gordon.