King-Bee Films

The company's stars included Billy West, a Charlie Chaplin imitator.

Louis Burstein was the company's president and general manager.

Oliver Hardy and Ethelyn Gibson also acted for the company.

It operated a studio in Jacksonville, Florida,[2] then Bayonne, New Jersey and finally at 1329 Gordon Street in Hollywood, California.

[5] King Bee's Billy West comedies were in such demand it wanted him to work on two at a time.

"The Hero" (1917) poster
"The Hero" (1917) poster