After the early images recorded by the American soldiers in 1898, most of the films produced in the island were documentaries. It wasn't until 1912 that Rafael Colorado D'Assoy recorded the first non-documentary film titled "Un drama en Puerto Rico". After that, Colorado and Antonio Capella Martínez created the Film Industrial Society of Puerto Rico in 1916, producing their first film titled "Por la hembra y el gallo". Other film companies formed during the time were the Tropical Film Company (1917) and the Porto Rico Photoplays (1919).