[6] Cinematographer Charles Rosher, who went to work for Centaur in 1909 recalled, "Well, I won't call it a studio.
[8]: 123 Motion picture industry pioneer Al Christie began his filmmaking career at Centaur in 1909.
"However, weather conditions on the east coast made filming an uncertain proposition because camera technology at the time relied on sunshine.
"[citation needed] "Frustrated, and realizing that California afforded the opportunity to make films year round, David Horsley moved his operations to the west coast.
"[citation needed] Centaur changed its name to Nestor Motion Picture Company after its West Coast production unit, and in the fall of 1911 it opened the first motion picture studio in Hollywood, in the Blondeau Tavern building at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Gower Street.
During those years, they were the exclusive distributor of Walt Disney's cartoons in 8mm and 16mm for home movie and "toy" projectors.
HFE also at various times offered Walter Lantz and Hugh Harman-Rudolf Ising cartoons as well; along with home movie reels of Laurel and Hardy, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, various Hal Roach and Al Christie comedies, and a Tarzan series edited from a silent era serial.