of 11 Charing Cross Road, London
and Gerrard St (1909)
1876 Walter Clement Tyler started in business in the optical lantern, magic lantern, slide and associated businesses[1].
1905 Incorporated as a private limited company.
1909 New additional premises were taken at the Film House, Gerrard Street, where attention was devoted to the publishing of new cinematograph film subjects from the best continental manufactories. This branch was later formed into a separate limited company under the style of the Tyler Film Co, Ltd.
1910 Demonstration by Walter Tyler Ltd of the improved Tyler-Ernemann cinematograph projector[2].
1913 Public company floated: Tyler Holdings (Parent Company) Ltd to acquire and carry on the business of Walter Tyler Ltd in connection with manufacturing and marketing sides of the cinematograph industry; included 6 subsidiary companies[3]:
- Globe Film Co est 1909
- Tyler Film Co est 1910
- Cosmopolitan Film Co est 1910
- Hotton and Co est 1910; wound up 1913[4]
- Tyler Apparatus Co est 1912
- Gerrard Film Co est 1912
1914 Opticians and lantern manufacturers. Proprietors of the Tyler Apparatus Co. Ltd. (now formed into a separate company), carrying on business at the same address. manufacturing and dealing in all kinds of optical lanterns and cinematograph machines and every appliance for electric theatres; also photographic studio, making lantern slides and lighting effects. [5]