Rolfe Photoplays Inc. was an American

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 motion picture production company established by musical entertainer B.A. Rolfe. Although the company filmed in California

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, its productions were primarily filmed on the East Coast

East Coast of the United States

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, usually in and around Fort Lee, New Jersey

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. Its films were distributed through an agreement with Louis B. Mayer's

Louis B. Mayer

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 Metro Pictures Corporation.

Between 1915 and 1918, B.A. Rolfe used Rolfe Photoplays Inc. to produce forty-nine silent film

Silent film

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s, several of which were collaborations with director

Film director

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/screenwriter

Screenwriter

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 Oscar A.C. Lund including the 1916 drama "Dorian's Divorce" starring Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

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. As well, he used the corporate name "B.A. Rolfe Photoplayers Inc." and
"B.A. Rolfe Productions" to produce another three films including the 1919 fifteen-part mystery serial

Serial (film)

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 The Master Mystery starring Harry Houdini

Harry Houdini

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.

By 1920, the B.A. Rolfe production companies ceased operating.