Ludwig Erb

Ludwig G. B. Erb (November 3, 1875 – July 31, 1958)[1] was a film producer in the United States during the silent film era.[2] He established Erbograph Productions.[3]

Career

Erb was involved in a series of film businesses. He worked with Pat Powers and Joseph A. Golden at one studio.[4] He established Crystal Film Company[5]/ Crystal Productions, a split-reel comedy film producer that supplied Universal and then United Film Service. It partnered with other producers after United folded.[6] Golden partnered with Erb at Crystal.[7]

According to IMDb, O. E. Goebel served as president of Erbograph Productions. He went on to write and direct films.

In the early 20th century, Erb registered names for various health products with the U.S. Patent Office.[8] Erb also invested in residential property development in Beverly Hills in the 1920s.[9]/

Filmography

• The Crimson Stain Mystery (1916), producer
• Infidelity (1917 film), produced by Ludwig G. B. Erb's Erbograph Company
• The Little Samaritan (1917), produced by Ludwig G.B. Erb
• Little Miss Fortune (1917), producer
• The Road Between (1917), producer
• Drusilla with a Million (1925), supervisor[10]

References

1. House, Commerce Clearing (October 12, 1966). "U.S. Tax Cases". Commerce Clearing House – via Google Books.
2. "The Moving Picture World". World Photographic Publishing Company. October 12, 1916 – via Google Books.
3. Slide, Anthony (25 February 2014). The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry. Routledge. ISBN 9781135925543.
4. Koszarski, Richard (March 2, 2005). Fort Lee: The Film Town (1904-2004). Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780861969425 – via Google Books.
5. Grau, Robert (October 12, 1914). "The Theatre of Science: A Volume of Progress and Achievement in the Motion Picture Industry". Broadway publishing Company – via Google Books.
6. Slide, Anthony (February 25, 2014). The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry. Routledge. ISBN 9781135925611 – via Google Books.
7. "Motion Picture News". Motion Picture News Incorporated. September 19, 1912 – via Google Books.
8. Office, United States Patent (October 12, 1901). "Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents to the Secretary of Commerce for the Fiscal Year Ended ..." U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
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10. "Ludwig G. B. Erb". www.tcm.com.

External links

• Ludwig Erb at IMDb