Blair Miller

Almost Hollywood (eBook, PDF)

The Forgotten Story of Jacksonville, Florida

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Blair Miller tells the story of the motion picture industry as it developed in Jacksonville after the turn of the twentieth century. Almost Hollywood reveals the meteoric rise of Jacksonville in early silent films. Home to over thirty studios employing actors, directors, and stagehands, Jacksonville became touted as the "winter film capital of the world" by 1915. A myriad of factors contributed to Jacksonville's rise and then fall by the mid 1920s. What were the reasons why Jacksonville missed out as the next mecca for filmmaking? Blair Miller tells the story through primary sources from that remarkable period.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761881223
• Artikelnr.: 74829589

Autorenporträt

Blair Miller has had a lifelong interest in silent film comedies. His previous book, American Silent Film Comedies: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Persons, Studios and Terminology (1995), is considered a reference in the field. He currently lives in Rochester, New York.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Timeline
Chapter 1: Mayor Bowden, Politics and the Movie Industry
Chapter 2: Kalem Company, Inc.
Chapter 3: Lubin Motion Picture Company
Chapter 4: Vim Comedy Company
Chapter 5: Amber Star Company and the Eastern Film Company
Chapter 6: King-Bee Film Corporation
Chapter 7: Eagle Film Company
Chapter 8: Thanhouser Company
Chapter 9: Klever Pictures, Inc.
Chapter 10: Klutho Studios
Chapter 11: Other Studios
Chapter 12: What Happened to the Dream of Making Jacksonville into what
Hollywood, California Ultimately Became?
Bibliography
Index