A pictorial history of the movies (1943)

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Record Details:

Title:
A pictorial history of the movies
Date:
1943
Publisher:
New York : Simon and Schuster
Volume:
A pictorial history of the movies
Leaf #:
00026
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
June 20, 2024
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12 BIRTH AND INFANCY William N. Selig, a Chicago producer, was the first man to build a motion-picture set on the West Coast. Needing brighter and more dependable sunshine than Chicago provided, he sent Francis Boggs, Thomas Parsons, and a small company of actors to Los Angeles in 1907. Later, on a roof at Eighth and Olive Streets they built this set— for a one-reel version of Carmen. The bull-fight poster was made from a tobacco carton. ABOVE RIGHT Here are two Selig stars, Robert Z. Leonard and Hobart Bosworth, in The Code of Honor. Leonard started in pictures in 1907, became a star, but eventually tired of acting and turned to directing pictures for Mae Murray. His greatest directorial suc cesses, however, came after the advent of talking pictures. More of him later. BELOW There were signs of the coming trek to California. Adam Kessel had formed the Bison Company and in November, 1909, it arrived on the West Coast and established itself in a former grocery store on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Here are the pilgrims at their Thanksgiving dinner. At the extreme left sits Fred Balshofer, with J. Barney Sherry two places above him. The man with the snappy buttoned shoes, opposite him, is Frank Montgomery. Lifting his glass at the table on the right is Jack Conway, faced by Buster Edmonds. Looking out from behind Montgomery are Howard Davies and George Gebhardt. The cowboy in the right-hand background is Art Acord.