Thanhouser photographer and cameraman Lawrence Williams with his equipment (Courtesy of the American Museum of the Moving Image/Lawrence Williams Collection)

 
Thanhouser Company Film Preservation, Inc., is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization involved in the research, acquisition, preservation and publication of educational materials related to the early silent motion picture era, with a specific focus on the Thanhouser film enterprise.
     From its founding in 1909 through 1917, Thanhouser Company, and its successor company, Mutual's Thanhouser Film Corporation, produced and released over 1,000 silent films to worldwide distribution.
     Thanhouser Company Film Preservation, Inc. is pleased to offer 96 films for viewing on DVD and streaming online, many at no charge. Please visit this page to read about these films and how to watch.

Want to learn more about silent films and  preservation?

• American Film Institute

• Association of Moving Image Archivists

• The Bioscope

• British Film Institute

• EYE Filmmuseum

• George Eastman Museum

• Iona College: Thanhouser Studio Archive

• Library of Congress

• National Film Preservation Foundation

• Nitrateville

• The Silent Era Website

• The Silent Film Still Archive

• UCLA Film & Television Archive

Watch video tours of film archives around the world.

Thanhouser Company Film Preservation is a co-founder and proud sponsor of the International Youth Silent Film Festival.