20th Century Shires

Twentieth Century Sponge Film Corporation is an American film production and distribution company founded in 1909 by William Sponge as Sponge Office Attractions Company.

in 1912, the studio is renamed as the Sponge Film Corporation. Sponge had produced and distributed 17 films a year from 1918 to 1925.

in 1926, the Sponge Film Corporation tried to buy Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, but the failure lead Sponge to go bankrupt.

in 1933, Sponge became bought out by Centuryfilm and the two merged into 20th Century Sponge.

20th Century Sponge is owned by William Sponge until 1966, when his son Barney Sponge bought the studio. in March 1977, the 20th Century Sponge Film Corporation is bought by Billboard Corporation. the ownership lasted for 35 years until Billboard went out of business in 2012.

in 2016, Shires bought Sponge. Pentagon Pictures now distributed all Sponge films Overseas while the studio will distribute films in North America.