Background
Charles O. Baumann was born on January 20, 1874 in to a Polish Jewish family in New York City.
Charles O. Baumann was born on January 20, 1874 in to a Polish Jewish family in New York City.
He was a partner in the Crescent Film Company formed in 1908 and in the Bison Life Motion Pictures production company formed in 1909. One of his most-successful companies was the The Keystone Film Company, the production unit headed by Mack Sennett, which produced the first films to feature Charlie Chaplin. Adam Kessel and Baumann"s New York Motion Picture Company produced many films under a number of brand names, including Broncho, Domino and Kay-Bee.
Other companies formed by Baumann include the 101 Bison Company and Reliance Motion Picture Corporation.
In the mid-1910s, Kessel and Baumann also branched into film distribution with their Mutual Film Corporation, which later was absorbed into Triangle Film Corporation. Baumann continued in production in the early 1920s as a partner in the Kessel-Baumann Picture Corporation production company.
Death
He died on July 18, 1931 in New York City.
