This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Motion Picture Triumphs They Capture Broadway Stars
A feature on the shift of stage stars to motion pictures led by Bertha Katick Lois Weber Edith Taliaferro and stars like William Faversham Dustin Farnum Lionel Barrymore and Mary Pickford as audiences reach 10 million daily. The piece notes lavish Lo Angeles studios a growing film industry with high salaries and the lure of publicity, plus costs and production scales in films versus stage. The article also highlights international studio sites in Italy and rapid growth of Southern California as a film center with Universal town near Los Angeles and diverse set locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerdaline Ferrer
Los Angeles
Isiuser
Farrar
Sim
Bertha Katick
Lois Weber
Edith Taliaferro
William Favershaw
William
Dustin Fernam
Lionel Barrymore
Edmund Breese
Wittle
Ube
Phillip Smaller
Dustin Farnum
Fritzi Sehef
Mrs. Smith
William Wsham
Leslie Carter
Marriand
Emily “Stevens
Dirs. Fiske
Cora
Fiske
California
Drnteid
Senziers
Mary Pickford
Ars
Mary Fuller
Miss Fullers
Salem
Mass
Grece Darling
Marr Pickford
Beasie Engle
Italy
Turin
United States
Universal
Its
Tropics
Pacific Coast
New York
Establishire Brenches