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WHILE A NUMBER OF MOVIES HAVE BEEN MADE RECENTLY
BUT, FIRST, WHILE A NUMBER OF MOVIES HAVE BEEN MADE RECENTLY IN CHICAGO, ITS CINEMATIC
MOVIES HAVE BEEN MADE RECENTLY IN CHICAGO, ITS CINEMATIC HISTORY GOES BACK MUCH FURTHER.
IN CHICAGO, ITS CINEMATIC HISTORY GOES BACK MUCH FURTHER. TWO OF THE BIGGEST STUDIOS IN
HISTORY GOES BACK MUCH FURTHER. TWO OF THE BIGGEST STUDIOS IN EARLY FILM DAYS STARTED IN
TWO OF THE BIGGEST STUDIOS IN EARLY FILM DAYS STARTED IN CHICAGO THAT WAS THE ZLICK,
EARLY FILM DAYS STARTED IN CHICAGO THAT WAS THE ZLICK, COMPANY, AND FEW BLOCKS WAS THE
CHICAGO THAT WAS THE ZLICK, COMPANY, AND FEW BLOCKS WAS THE S AND A STUDIO.
COMPANY, AND FEW BLOCKS WAS THE S AND A STUDIO. THE ZULICH WAS THE FIRST NEXT TO
S AND A STUDIO. THE ZULICH WAS THE FIRST NEXT TO NEW JERSEY.
THE ZULICH WAS THE FIRST NEXT TO NEW JERSEY. THEY GOAT AHOLD OF THREE SHIPS
NEW JERSEY. THEY GOAT AHOLD OF THREE SHIPS FROM THE COLUMBIAN, THE NINA,
THEY GOAT AHOLD OF THREE SHIPS FROM THE COLUMBIAN, THE NINA, SANTA, AND SANTA MARIA.
FROM THE COLUMBIAN, THE NINA, SANTA, AND SANTA MARIA. HE FIXED UP THE SHIPS.
SANTA, AND SANTA MARIA. HE FIXED UP THE SHIPS. THEY WERE MOTH-EATEN FROM
HE FIXED UP THE SHIPS. THEY WERE MOTH-EATEN FROM SITTING IN STORAGE.
THEY WERE MOTH-EATEN FROM SITTING IN STORAGE. HE FIXED THEM UP AND SHOT
SITTING IN STORAGE. HE FIXED THEM UP AND SHOT COLUMBUS COMING IN TO DISCOVER
HE FIXED THEM UP AND SHOT COLUMBUS COMING IN TO DISCOVER THE NEW LAND, ONLY IT WAS
COLUMBUS COMING IN TO DISCOVER THE NEW LAND, ONLY IT WAS JACKSON HARBOR IN CHICAGO.
THE NEW LAND, ONLY IT WAS JACKSON HARBOR IN CHICAGO. A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTED TO SEE
JACKSON HARBOR IN CHICAGO. A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTED TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTED TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. SO THEY WOULD BRING THEIR
WHAT WAS GOING ON. SO THEY WOULD BRING THEIR PERSONAL BOATS AND SORT OF BUZZ
SO THEY WOULD BRING THEIR PERSONAL BOATS AND SORT OF BUZZ AROUND THE NINA, AND SANTA
PERSONAL BOATS AND SORT OF BUZZ AROUND THE NINA, AND SANTA M
AROUND THE NINA, AND SANTA M MARIA.
M MARIA. THE FINISHED FILM IS CALLED
MARIA. THE FINISHED FILM IS CALLED "COMING UP COLUMBUS."
THE FINISHED FILM IS CALLED "COMING UP COLUMBUS." IT WAS THE FIRST SCREEN FILMED
"COMING UP COLUMBUS." IT WAS THE FIRST SCREEN FILMED IN THE VATICAN.
IT WAS THE FIRST SCREEN FILMED IN THE VATICAN. POPE PIUS THOUGHT IT WAS A
IN THE VATICAN. POPE PIUS THOUGHT IT WAS A WONDERFUL FILM AND GAVE ZELIG A
POPE PIUS THOUGHT IT WAS A WONDERFUL FILM AND GAVE ZELIG A SPECIAL MEDAL.
WONDERFUL FILM AND GAVE ZELIG A SPECIAL MEDAL. IN 1903, THOMAS EDDISON DID A
SPECIAL MEDAL. IN 1903, THOMAS EDDISON DID A FILM, GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY.
IN 1903, THOMAS EDDISON DID A FILM, GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY. HE TOOK THE NAME BRONCO BILLY
FILM, GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY. HE TOOK THE NAME BRONCO BILLY BECAUSE IT SOUNDED MORE LIKE A
HE TOOK THE NAME BRONCO BILLY BECAUSE IT SOUNDED MORE LIKE A COWBOY NAME.
BECAUSE IT SOUNDED MORE LIKE A COWBOY NAME. IT IS PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS
COWBOY NAME. IT IS PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS EARLY FILM THAT STILL EXISTS
IT IS PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS EARLY FILM THAT STILL EXISTS TODAY.
EARLY FILM THAT STILL EXISTS TODAY. ANDERSON EVENTUALLY LEFT EDDISON
TODAY. ANDERSON EVENTUALLY LEFT EDDISON AND HEADED WEST AND ENDED UP
ANDERSON EVENTUALLY LEFT EDDISON AND HEADED WEST AND ENDED UP WITH ZELIG FOR AWHILE AND
AND HEADED WEST AND ENDED UP WITH ZELIG FOR AWHILE AND STARTED SHOOTING WESTERNS OF
WITH ZELIG FOR AWHILE AND STARTED SHOOTING WESTERNS OF THEY SHOT THEM IN ROGERS PARK
STARTED SHOOTING WESTERNS OF THEY SHOT THEM IN ROGERS PARK AREA IN CHICAGO.
THEY SHOT THEM IN ROGERS PARK AREA IN CHICAGO. EVENTUALLY ANDERSON BUILT-UP A
AREA IN CHICAGO. EVENTUALLY ANDERSON BUILT-UP A REPUTATION AS DIRECTOR OF HE
EVENTUALLY ANDERSON BUILT-UP A REPUTATION AS DIRECTOR OF HE HOOKED UP WITH GEORGE SPOOR WHO
REPUTATION AS DIRECTOR OF HE HOOKED UP WITH GEORGE SPOOR WHO WAS MANUFACTURING CAMERAS, AND
HOOKED UP WITH GEORGE SPOOR WHO WAS MANUFACTURING CAMERAS, AND PROJECTION SYSTEMS AND WANTED TO
WAS MANUFACTURING CAMERAS, AND PROJECTION SYSTEMS AND WANTED TO START MAKING HIS OWN FILMS AS
PROJECTION SYSTEMS AND WANTED TO START MAKING HIS OWN FILMS AS WELL.
START MAKING HIS OWN FILMS AS WELL. STUDIO THAT THEY FOUNDED
WELL. STUDIO THAT THEY FOUNDED EVENTUALLY CAME OUT OF THEIR
STUDIO THAT THEY FOUNDED EVENTUALLY CAME OUT OF THEIR INITIALS, SPOOR AND ANDERSON, OR
EVENTUALLY CAME OUT OF THEIR INITIALS, SPOOR AND ANDERSON, OR S AND A.
INITIALS, SPOOR AND ANDERSON, OR S AND A. THEY STARTED DOWNTOWN ON WELLS
S AND A. THEY STARTED DOWNTOWN ON WELLS DRIVE 051 NORTH WELLS.
THEY STARTED DOWNTOWN ON WELLS DRIVE 051 NORTH WELLS. IT IS NOW A PARKING LOT, THAT
DRIVE 051 NORTH WELLS. IT IS NOW A PARKING LOT, THAT AREA.
IT IS NOW A PARKING LOT, THAT AREA. THEY STARTED SHOOTING FILMS WITH
AREA. THEY STARTED SHOOTING FILMS WITH THEIR JANITOR, A GUY WITH CROSS
THEY STARTED SHOOTING FILMS WITH THEIR JANITOR, A GUY WITH CROSS EYES NAMED BEN TURBIN, HE CAME
THEIR JANITOR, A GUY WITH CROSS EYES NAMED BEN TURBIN, HE CAME NOT ONLY THE JANITOR, BUT THE
EYES NAMED BEN TURBIN, HE CAME NOT ONLY THE JANITOR, BUT THE COMEDIAN.
NOT ONLY THE JANITOR, BUT THE COMEDIAN. THE FIRST FILM HFS AWFUL SKATE
COMEDIAN. THE FIRST FILM HFS AWFUL SKATE OR HOBO ON ROLLERS.
THE FIRST FILM HFS AWFUL SKATE OR HOBO ON ROLLERS. IT WAS BEN TURE PIN ON ROLLER
OR HOBO ON ROLLERS. IT WAS BEN TURE PIN ON ROLLER SKATES GOING UP AND DOWN THE
IT WAS BEN TURE PIN ON ROLLER SKATES GOING UP AND DOWN THE SIDEWALK BUMPING INTO PEOPLE.
SKATES GOING UP AND DOWN THE SIDEWALK BUMPING INTO PEOPLE. THAT WAS THE FILM.
SIDEWALK BUMPING INTO PEOPLE. THAT WAS THE FILM. IN ITS HEIGHT, THE STUDIO HAD
THAT WAS THE FILM. IN ITS HEIGHT, THE STUDIO HAD PEOPLE LIKE GLORIA SWANSON,
IN ITS HEIGHT, THE STUDIO HAD PEOPLE LIKE GLORIA SWANSON, FRANCIS BUSHMAN AND EVEN CHARLIE
PEOPLE LIKE GLORIA SWANSON, FRANCIS BUSHMAN AND EVEN CHARLIE CHAPLAIN.
FRANCIS BUSHMAN AND EVEN CHARLIE CHAPLAIN. LOU HE WILLLA PARSONS WAS IN
CHAPLAIN. LOU HE WILLLA PARSONS WAS IN CHARGE, AND GOT STARTED AT S AND
LOU HE WILLLA PARSONS WAS IN CHARGE, AND GOT STARTED AT S AND A AS THEIR STORY EDITOR.
CHARGE, AND GOT STARTED AT S AND A AS THEIR STORY EDITOR. >> ZELIG DIDN'T HAVE THE NAME
A AS THEIR STORY EDITOR. >> ZELIG DIDN'T HAVE THE NAME ACTORS THAT S AND A DID.
>> ZELIG DIDN'T HAVE THE NAME ACTORS THAT S AND A DID. HE HAD PRETTY BIG WRITERS.
ACTORS THAT S AND A DID. HE HAD PRETTY BIG WRITERS. ONE WAS L FRANK BAUM, WHO WROED
HE HAD PRETTY BIG WRITERS. ONE WAS L FRANK BAUM, WHO WROED BROUGHT WIZARD OF OZ.
ONE WAS L FRANK BAUM, WHO WROED BROUGHT WIZARD OF OZ. HE WAS A CHICAGO REPORTER WHO
BROUGHT WIZARD OF OZ. HE WAS A CHICAGO REPORTER WHO SWITCHED TO CHILDREN'S RIGHTING.
HE WAS A CHICAGO REPORTER WHO SWITCHED TO CHILDREN'S RIGHTING. HE FILMED WIZARD OF OZ FILMED
SWITCHED TO CHILDREN'S RIGHTING. HE FILMED WIZARD OF OZ FILMED RIGHT HERE IN CHICAGO.
HE FILMED WIZARD OF OZ FILMED RIGHT HERE IN CHICAGO. ZELIG, AND S AND A, WERE DOING
RIGHT HERE IN CHICAGO. ZELIG, AND S AND A, WERE DOING QUITE WELL ON THE NORTH SIDE.
ZELIG, AND S AND A, WERE DOING QUITE WELL ON THE NORTH SIDE. ON THE WEST SIDE, A NUMBER OF
QUITE WELL ON THE NORTH SIDE. ON THE WEST SIDE, A NUMBER OF BLACK FILM MAKERS.
ON THE WEST SIDE, A NUMBER OF BLACK FILM MAKERS. FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN OWNED AND
BLACK FILM MAKERS. FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN OWNED AND OPERATED FILM STUDIO IN THE
FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN OWNED AND OPERATED FILM STUDIO IN THE WORLD OPENED IN CHICAGO IN THE
OPERATED FILM STUDIO IN THE WORLD OPENED IN CHICAGO IN THE TEENS, OWNED BY A MAN NAMED
WORLD OPENED IN CHICAGO IN THE TEENS, OWNED BY A MAN NAMED WILLIAM FOSTER WHO WAS A
TEENS, OWNED BY A MAN NAMED WILLIAM FOSTER WHO WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER, A QUITE NOTABLE
WILLIAM FOSTER WHO WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER, A QUITE NOTABLE REPUTATION PHOTOGRAPHED A NUMBER
PHOTOGRAPHER, A QUITE NOTABLE REPUTATION PHOTOGRAPHED A NUMBER OF BIG FIGURES OF THE DAY.
REPUTATION PHOTOGRAPHED A NUMBER OF BIG FIGURES OF THE DAY. EVENTUALLY MAN NAME OSCAR MACHU
OF BIG FIGURES OF THE DAY. EVENTUALLY MAN NAME OSCAR MACHU WAS A WELL-KNOWN FIGURE FOR
EVENTUALLY MAN NAME OSCAR MACHU WAS A WELL-KNOWN FIGURE FOR VARIETY OF REASONS CAME TO
WAS A WELL-KNOWN FIGURE FOR VARIETY OF REASONS CAME TO CHICAGO TO MAKE A FILM OUT OF
VARIETY OF REASONS CAME TO CHICAGO TO MAKE A FILM OUT OF ONE OF THE NOVELS CALLED THE
CHICAGO TO MAKE A FILM OUT OF ONE OF THE NOVELS CALLED THE HOMESTEADER.
ONE OF THE NOVELS CALLED THE HOMESTEADER. SHOE BOOK IN FILM WAS A PRETTY
HOMESTEADER. SHOE BOOK IN FILM WAS A PRETTY DRIVING STUDIO HERE IN CHICAGO.
SHOE BOOK IN FILM WAS A PRETTY DRIVING STUDIO HERE IN CHICAGO. >> BY THE LATE TEENS, MORE
DRIVING STUDIO HERE IN CHICAGO. >> BY THE LATE TEENS, MORE PEOPLE HAD BEEN MOVING TO
>> BY THE LATE TEENS, MORE PEOPLE HAD BEEN MOVING TO CALIFORNIA WHERE IT WAS MORE
PEOPLE HAD BEEN MOVING TO CALIFORNIA WHERE IT WAS MORE CONDUCIVE TO SHOOTING YEAR
CALIFORNIA WHERE IT WAS MORE CONDUCIVE TO SHOOTING YEAR ROUND.
CONDUCIVE TO SHOOTING YEAR ROUND. THE CHICAGO STUDIOS ALREADY HAD
ROUND. THE CHICAGO STUDIOS ALREADY HAD FACILITIES, AND WERE ACTUAL LIT
THE CHICAGO STUDIOS ALREADY HAD FACILITIES, AND WERE ACTUAL LIT FIRST PEOPLE TO SET UP BRANCHES
FACILITIES, AND WERE ACTUAL LIT FIRST PEOPLE TO SET UP BRANCHES IN CALIFORNIA.
FIRST PEOPLE TO SET UP BRANCHES IN CALIFORNIA. IT JUST WASN'T CONDUCIVE TO
IN CALIFORNIA. IT JUST WASN'T CONDUCIVE TO SHOOTING YEAR ROUND IN CHICAGO
IT JUST WASN'T CONDUCIVE TO SHOOTING YEAR ROUND IN CHICAGO WITH WINTER, YOU HAD TO SHUT
SHOOTING YEAR ROUND IN CHICAGO WITH WINTER, YOU HAD TO SHUT DOWN.
WITH WINTER, YOU HAD TO SHUT DOWN. >> TODAY THE MAIN ZELIG BUILDING
DOWN. >> TODAY THE MAIN ZELIG BUILDING IS NOW A CONDO, BUT THE S, THE
>> TODAY THE MAIN ZELIG BUILDING IS NOW A CONDO, BUT THE S, THE ZELIG, INSIDE OF A DIAMOND IS
IS NOW A CONDO, BUT THE S, THE ZELIG, INSIDE OF A DIAMOND IS STILL VISIBLE AT THE CORNER OF
ZELIG, INSIDE OF A DIAMOND IS STILL VISIBLE AT THE CORNER OF BYRON AND CLAIRE MONTH.
STILL VISIBLE AT THE CORNER OF BYRON AND CLAIRE MONTH. THE S AND A STUDIOS, STILL
BYRON AND CLAIRE MONTH. THE S AND A STUDIOS, STILL EXIST, IT IS SAINT AUGUSTINE'S
THE S AND A STUDIOS, STILL EXIST, IT IS SAINT AUGUSTINE'S COLLEGE, TWO YEAR COLLEGE FOR
EXIST, IT IS SAINT AUGUSTINE'S COLLEGE, TWO YEAR COLLEGE FOR LARGELY EXPANDED STUDENTS.
COLLEGE, TWO YEAR COLLEGE FOR LARGELY EXPANDED STUDENTS. AT THE HEIGHT OF CHICAGO FILM
LARGELY EXPANDED STUDENTS. AT THE HEIGHT OF CHICAGO FILM MAKING IN THE TEENS, ONE OUT OF
AT THE HEIGHT OF CHICAGO FILM MAKING IN THE TEENS, ONE OUT OF RFER I FIVE MOVIES IN THE WORLD
MAKING IN THE TEENS, ONE OUT OF RFER I FIVE MOVIES IN THE WORLD CAME OUT OF CHICAGO.
RFER I FIVE MOVIES IN THE WORLD CAME OUT OF CHICAGO. AND THAT'S REALLY SIGNIFICANT.
CAME OUT OF CHICAGO. AND THAT'S REALLY SIGNIFICANT. PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE HOW MUCH
AND THAT'S REALLY SIGNIFICANT. PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE HOW MUCH FILMING REALLY WENT ON HERE IN
PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE HOW MUCH FILMING REALLY WENT ON HERE IN CHICAGO.
FILMING REALLY WENT ON HERE IN CHICAGO. >> ARNIE WRITTEN A BOOK CALLED
CHICAGO. >> ARNIE WRITTEN A BOOK CALLED HOLLYWOOD ON LAKE MICHIGAN.
>> ARNIE WRITTEN A BOOK CALLED HOLLYWOOD ON LAKE MICHIGAN. IT DETAILS THE HISTORY OF SOME
HOLLYWOOD ON LAKE MICHIGAN. IT DETAILS THE HISTORY OF SOME MOVIES AND STUDIOS LOCATED IN
IT DETAILS THE HISTORY OF SOME MOVIES AND STUDIOS LOCATED IN CHICAGO.
MOVIES AND STUDIOS LOCATED IN CHICAGO. THE BOOK IS PUBLISHED BY LAKE
CHICAGO. THE BOOK IS PUBLISHED BY LAKE CLARMONT PRESS.