New Episode!Colonel Selig’sMoving Picture Plant Download mp3from archive.org More Podcasts Pictures and info on Selig Polyscope Selig Polyscope Week continues both here and at White City Cinema. Of all the early Chicago filmmakers, Selig is the one I end up respecting the most. Spoor, of Essanay, got so complacent as a part of Edison’s trust…
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Selig Polyscope Week: Selig’s Brave New World (Los Angeles)
New Episode!Colonel Selig’sMoving Picture Plant Download mp3from archive.org More Podcasts Pictures and info on Selig Polyscope We occasionally catch some flack around here for saying that Chicago invented Hollywood. It’s true that it’ll take us a whole book to back up that contention, but it’s true. In fact, the first guy to film commercially in…
Selig Polyscope Week: Col. Selig’s Movie Acting Tips from 1910
New Episode!Colonel Selig’sMoving Picture Plant Download mp3from archive.org More Podcasts Pictures and info on Selig Polyscope In the process of researching Selig, we found a wonderful article Col. Selig wrote of “tips for motion picture acting.” It was so entertaining that both Chicago Unbelievable and White City Cinema are posting it today. Anyone appearing…
Selig Polyscope Week: Hunting Lions at Irving and Western
New Episode!Colonel Selig’sMoving Picture Plant Download mp3from archive.org More Podcasts Selig Polyscope info and pictures Selig Polyscope Week continues both at Chicago Unbelievable and White City Cinema! In 1908, Teddy Roosevelt decided not to run for a third term as President. Instead, after his second term, he left to go on safari in Africa. Colonel…
Selig Polyscope week: The First Oz Movie
New Episode!Colonel Selig’sMoving Picture Plant Download mp3from archive.org More Podcasts Pictures and info on Selig Polyscope Selig Polyscope Week is a collaborative effort between Chicago Unbelievable and White City Cinema – their first post of the week, is right here: The Secret History of Chicago Movies: Selig Polyscope. It provides a great overview of the history…
Podcast: Selig Polyscope Studios
New Episode!Colonel Selig’sMoving Picture Plant Download mp3from archive.org More Podcasts Selig Polyscope info and pictures While Essanay ruled Uptown, Selig Polyscope was operating the largest film studio ever built not far away, on a complex covering an entire block at Irving and Western from 1907 until about 1920. Colonel Selig was a fascinating guy. He…