A. H. Fischer Features

A. H. Fischer Features was an American film production company associated with the silent-film industry in the late 1910s and early 1920s. The company produced feature films including A Screamin the Night, The Red Virgin, The Amazing Lovers, Man and Woman, Even as Eve, and Miss 139. Its surviving filmography indicates a business focused on commercial narrative features rather than a broad entertainment conglomerate or a long-running studio brand. The company operated from a former Thanhouser studio space in New Rochelle, New York. This location connected Fischer Features to an established American production environment outside the larger studio centers that later came to dominate the industry. Some of the company's productions were also filmed in the Adirondack region, giving its production activities a geographic footprint beyond the New Rochelle facility. A. H. Fischer was from Montreal and was the brother of Meyer Fischer. The available historical record does not establish a precise founding date, a formal corporate structure, or the company's eventual dissolution. Charles A. Logue served as the company's secretary, while A. Rolfe worked on some of its films. The available sources do not provide enough information to identify the full management team, distribution arrangements, financing model, or ownership history. Several of the company's films drew on established literary material. The Amazing Lovers was based on stories by Robert W. Chambers, and Even as Eve adapted Chambers's 1901 novel The Shining Band. These choices placed the company within a period practice of using recognizable fiction as the basis for screen features. The repeated appearance of feature-length productions between 1919 and 1921 suggests a short but active production period. No reliable evidence in the supplied sources documents continued operations after Miss 139 in 1921, later corporate activity, or a successor brand.

A. H. Fischer Features belonged to the early American feature-film production sector, a period when independent and semi-independent companies produced narrative pictures through combinations of studio work, location filming, literary adaptation, and contracted creative personnel. The company used a former Thanhouser studio space in New Rochelle, New York. The use of that facility placed its work within a pre-existing film-production setting, while its reported filming in the Adirondacks shows that the company also used location environments outside its principal studio base. The company's production history is documented primarily through a group of films released from 1919 through 1921. Its listed titles include A Screamin the Night and The Red Virgin, both released in 1919; The Amazing Lovers, also from 1919; Man and Woman and Even as Eve, released in 1920; and Miss 139, released in 1921. Man and Woman appears in the surviving filmography as a 1920 title. The record provides no further details about whether this reflects one production, a remake, or a separate listing, so it is retained as documented without additional interpretation. A number of the company's films were connected to published fiction. The Amazing Lovers was based on stories by Robert W. Chambers, and Even as Eve was based on Chambers's 1901 novel The Shining Band. Literary properties offered early film producers pre-existing narratives and recognizable authorship, although the available material does not establish the precise adaptation or rights arrangements used by Fischer Features. The company was associated with A. H. Fischer, who came from Montreal and was the brother of Meyer Fischer. Charles A. Logue is identified as the company's secretary. A. Rolfe worked on some of its films, but the available source does not specify a corporate title or a complete list of his responsibilities. No reliable information in the supplied references establishes the company's exact founding date, capitalization, distribution partners, staff beyond the named individuals, or date of closure. The absence of documented activity after the 1921 release of Miss 139 suggests that the surviving record covers a limited production period, but it does not by itself establish the precise legal or operational end of the company.

• 1921

  Latest listed production

  [1]A. H. Fischer Featuresen.wikipedia.org

  Miss 139 is the latest film attributed to A. H. Fischer Features in the available filmography.

• 1920

  Continued feature production

  [1]A. H. Fischer Featuresen.wikipedia.org

  The filmography records Man and Woman and Even as Eve. Even as Eve was based on Robert W. Chambers's 1901 novel The Shining Band.

• 1919

  Initial documented film releases

  [1]A. H. Fischer Featuresen.wikipedia.org

  The company released A Screamin the Night, The Red Virgin, and The Amazing Lovers. The Amazing Lovers was based on stories by Robert W. Chambers.

A small American silent-era feature-film production company using New Rochelle studio facilities and, for some productions, location work in the Adirondacks.

• Silent feature film · 1919

  A Screamin the Night

  A silent feature film released by A. H. Fischer Features in 1919. The supplied historical record identifies the title and year but does not provide a surviving plot synopsis, cast list, director credit, or distribution information.

• Silent feature film · 1919

  The Red Virgin

  A 1919 feature-film production associated with A. H. Fischer Features. Available reference material confirms its place in the company's filmography but does not establish detailed production, story, personnel, or commercial records.

• Literary adaptation; silent feature film · 1919

  The Amazing Lovers

  A 1919 feature based on stories by Robert W. Chambers. Its connection with established fiction reflects the company's use of literary material in its silent-era production program. Further details about the adaptation, cast, and release distribution are not established in the available source.

• Silent feature film · 1920

  Man and Woman

  A feature listed in the company's filmography with a 1920 release year. The available record does not provide sufficient information to describe its story, creative personnel, production circumstances, or reception.

• Literary adaptation; silent feature film · 1920

  Even as Eve

  A 1920 feature based on Robert W. Chambers's 1901 novel The Shining Band. It represents another documented instance of A. H. Fischer Features drawing on published fiction for a screen production.

• Silent feature film · 1921

  Miss 139

  A feature released in 1921 and the latest title in the available A. H. Fischer Features filmography. No additional information about its plot, personnel, release pattern, or survival status is provided by the reference material.

1. 1A. H. Fischer Featuresen.wikipedia.org