Silent-Era Filmmaking in Santa Barbara (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780738547305)

Between 1910 and 1921, the American Film Company was one of the fledgling movie industry's most successful studios, with production facilities in Santa Barbara and business offices in Chicago. Nicknamed for its distinctive winged "A" logo, the "Flying A" produced nearly 1,200 films, starring such favorites of the day as Mary Miles Minter, J. Warren Kerrigan, Wallace Reid, and King Baggot. The company's rather patriotic motto invited patrons to "See Americans first." The studio's films also documented the picturesque and developing Pacific seaside community of Santa Barbara and served as a training ground for some of Hollywood's greatest directors, including Allan Dwan, Henry King, Victor Fleming, Frank Borzage, George Marshall, William Desmond Taylor, and Marshall Neilan.

Author: Robert S. Birchard
ISBN-10: 0738547301
ISBN-13: 9780738547305
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2007
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.61w x 0.35d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2008 pg. 299