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Bison Film Company

American film studio

Bison Film Company, also known as 101 Bison Film Company, was an American film studio established in 1909 and disestablished in 1917. It partnered with Miller Brothers 101 Ranch to lease 20,000 acres to build a Western town set and an Indian village and make silent films with stars including Tom Mix, Buck Jones, Hoot Gibson and Will Rogers. It produced The Indian Massacre (1912), by Thomas H. Ince.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1909Founded1
  • Industryentertainment1
  • HeadquartersLos Angeles1

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Bison Films ad in Moving Picture News (1911) (IA movingpicturenew04unse) (page 86 crop)
Photo: Publisher Cinematograph Publishing Company, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Bison Film Company, also known as 101 Bison Film Company, was an American film studio established in 1909 and disestablished in 1917.2

Timeline

  1. 1917Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1909Founded Founded1

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