High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Film Booking Offices of America (FBO) (also known as FBO Pictures Corporation) was an American film studio of the silent era, a producer and distributor of mostly low-budget films. The business began as Robertson-Cole (U.S.), the American division of a British import–export company. Robertson-Cole initiated movie production in 1920; two years later, a corporate reorganization led to the company`s new name. In 1923, the studio contracted with Western actor Fred Thomson, who would soon emerge as one of Hollywood`s most popular stars. Thomson was just one of numerous screen cowboys with whom FBO became identified.