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= New York Motion Picture Company = The New York Motion Picture Company is a film production company which lasted from 1909 to roughly 1914, becoming known as the New York Picture Corporation in 1912 It released films through several different brand names, including 101 Bison, Kay-Bee, Broncho, Domino, Reliance, and Keystone Studios. Keystone would later be a part of Triangle Pictures, which would merge with Feature Play and become Paramount Studios.

History
The New York Motion Picture Company was founded in 1909 by Adam Kessel and Charles Baumann. Originally interested purely in film distribution, the company's refusal to work with the Motion Picture Patents Company (MPPC) created difficulties in securing films to distribute. Kessel was quoted as saying, "We would have to go out of business unless we made some films ourselves." Their first film, Disinherited Son's Loyalty, was made in May of 1909. The company would later merge with the Universal Film Manufacturing Company, only to later pull out of the merger in favor of their rival, the Mutual Film Corp., when Universal attempted to remove Baumann as company president. Due to the complicated legal situation, Universal continued to release films under the 101 Bison brand name at the same time as Mutual, which prompted NYMPC to release flyers urging viewers to make sure they were viewing a "genuine Bison." It was during their time with Mutual that Kessel and Baumann formed the Keystone Studios brand with director and actor Mack Sennett At this point, the company had changed location from the North East to California, being one of the first to do so. It was during a one year apprenticeship at Keystone that Charlie Chaplin made some of his earliest films. It was during Chaplin's time at Keystone that he created the 'Little Tramp' character he became known for. In 1915, Keystone Studios became an integral part of the Triangle Films Corporation, after the decision was made to end the merger with Mutual Film Corp. Triangle Films sought to combine the talents of producers D.W. Griffith, Thomas Ince, and Mack Sennett. Essentially, it was a combining of assets between Kessel, Baumann, and former Mutual Film Corp. president Harry Aitken. Their mission statement was to make multi-reel films, a la Birth of a Nation, that would appeal to higher class audiences while also gaining popularity among the general population. When their films failed to find wide success, they ultimately merged with Feature Play and became Paramount Studios, who were far more successful in achieving the kind of vertical integration Triangle sought after in its business model.