Rayart Pictures

It established its own distribution network,[1] specializing in westerns.

It was originally created as a low budget release agent,[3] and like the other so-called Poverty Row studios, was based in a small plot off Sunset Strip, by Gower Street.

[4] An early Poverty Row studio,[5] it was a forerunner of Monogram Pictures, which was also founded by W. Ray Johnston.

[6] In 1929, Rayart produced a series of musical pieces—featuring Tommy Christian and His Palisades Orchestra— as well as shorts and the feature-length film Howdy Broadway, a musical set in college with "an entirely predictable" script.

[7] Rayart was renamed Raytone with the advent of sound in films.