Almost Hollywood

Blair Miller

doi:10.5771/9780761859963

Summary

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.

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Copyright year: 2013
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7618-5995-6
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7618-5996-3
Publisher: Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 136
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. List of Figures No access
3. Foreword No access
4. Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 11
Timeline No access Pages 12 - 13
Ch01. Mayor Bowden, Politics, and the Movie Industry No access Pages 14 - 27
Ch02. Kalem Company, Inc No access Pages 28 - 39
Ch03. Lubin Motion Picture Company No access Pages 40 - 44
Ch04. Vim Comedy Company No access Pages 45 - 56
Ch05. Amber Star Company and the Eastern Film Company No access Pages 57 - 59
Ch06. King-Bee Film Corporation No access Pages 60 - 66
Ch07. Eagle Film Company No access Pages 67 - 73
Ch08. Thanhouser Company No access Pages 74 - 94
Ch09. Klever Pictures, Inc. No access Pages 95 - 99
Ch10. Klutho Studios No access Pages 100 - 103
Ch11. Other Studios No access Pages 104 - 111
Ch12. What Happened to the Dream of Making Jacksonville into What Hollywood, California Ultimately Became? No access Pages 112 - 127
Bibliography No access Pages 128 - 132
Index No access Pages 133 - 136