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Silent Chicago: Lions and Tigers and Colonel Selig: The Chicago Silent Era (Part 3)

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Janelle Vreeland

  Lions and Tigers and Colonel Selig In the early days of silent cinema, Chicago was responsible for 20% of the total output of the US film industry. One of the biggest contributors to this staggering statistic was Chicago’s own … Continue reading →

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Silent Chicago: The Selig Polyscope Company and the Birth of Film in the Windy City: The Chicago Silent Era (Part 2)

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Janelle Vreeland

The Selig Polyscope Company and the Birth of Film in the Windy City “Colonel” William Selig By the time William N. Selig died in 1948, he had produced thousands of films via the Selig Polyscope Company, discovered a number of … Continue reading →

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