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Bean, Shawn C.

 
9780813032436: The First Hollywood: Florida and the Making of America's Original Film Town
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ISBN 10 : 0813032431 ISBN 13 : 9780813032436
Editeur : University Press of Florida, 2008

Synopsis

Jacksonville, Florida, was the king of the infant film industry. Devastated by fire in 1901, rebuilt in a wide variety of architectural styles, sharing the same geographic and meteorological DNA as southern California, the city was an ideal location for northern film production companies looking to relocate.In 1908, New York-based Kalem Studios sent its first crew to Jacksonville. By 1914, fifteen major companies - including Fox and Metro Pictures - had set up shop there. Oliver Hardy, D. W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, and the Barrymores all made movies in the Florida sunshine. In total, nearly 300 films, including the first Technicolor picture ever made, were completed in Jacksonville by 1928.But the city couldn't escape its past. Even as upstart Hollywood boosters sought to discredit Jacksonville, the latter imploded from a combination of political upheaval, simmering racial tensions, disease, and World War I. Shawn Bean uses first-person accounts, filmmaker biographies, newspaper reports, and city and museum archives to bring to light a little-known aspect of film history. Filled with intrigue, backroom shenanigans, and missed opportunities, ""The First Hollywood"" is just the kind of drama we've come to expect from the big screen.There wasn't always just one Tinseltown.

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À propos de l'auteur

Shawn C. Bean has twice been named Writer of the Year by the Florida Magazine Association. He is a former music and theatre reviewer for the Miami New Times and current contributor to Florida Travel & Life and Miami.

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Éditeur
University Press of Florida
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0813032431
ISBN 13 
9780813032436
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
208
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Personne responsable
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