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After the jail scene on Front Street yesterday the Rhobard-Reid Company went to Chinatown, followed by a big crowd of men, women and children, who were caught in one of the pictures. Two local characters participated in one of the scenes, Harry…

Date: 1917-03-08
Source: Santa Cruz Daily Surf , page 8
Type: NEWS

Railway tracks leading to the station at Glenwood will be used as a motion picture "location" today by the personnel of the FBO studios company which is making its headquarters in Santa Cruz for the filming of the production, "The Amazing Vagabond,"…

Date: 1928-09-27
Source: Santa Cruz Sentinel-News, Morning Edition , page 5
Type: NEWS

The Southern California players of the Selig Polyscope Company have arrived and are registered at the Waldo. Among them are some of the famous actors of the moving-picture world.All who witnessed "The Heart of John Barlow" recently produced at the…

Date: 1911-10-21
Source: Santa Cruz Evening News , page 1
Type: NEWS

Nine of the leading players of the Selig Polyscope Company, from the Edenvale studio in southern California, arrived in Santa Cruz this morning and registered at the Waldo. Their names are as follows: Bessie Eyton, Eydney Ayres, F. W. Huntley, Mr.…

Date: 1911-09-28
Source: Santa Cruz Evening News , page 2
Type: NEWS

"Sam's Cabin," a reconstructed set located above the golf links in close proximity to the Bob Jones residence, was the scene yesterday and today of the activities of the Victor Schertzinger Company of the Fox Film Corporation in filming "Thunder…

Date: 1925-06-30
Source: Santa Cruz Evening News , page 2
Type: NEWS

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Scene from the "Secret Formula." It was shot in Santa Cruz county in 1916 and starred Judith Parker. The Santa Cruz Evening News commented, "The Secret Formula is a cleverly constructed story and ends happily after several very dramatic episodes.…

Date: 1916
Type: PHOTO

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A scene from the film, "Salomy Jane." Salomy Jane, played by Beatriz Michelena, rides away from the vigilantes with a character called, "the Man."

Date: 1914
Type: PHOTO

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Scene from the film, "Lily of Poverty Flat." Jack Hamlin, Colonel Starbottle, and Culpepper are playing poker in the Jumping Frog Saloon.

Date: 1915
Type: PHOTO

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Scene from the film, "Lily of Poverty Flat." Beatriz Michelena is shown here in her role as "the Lily." She is standing on one of the streets of the "mining town" constructed in Boulder Creek by her film company. The mining town served as the setting…

Date: 1915
Type: PHOTO

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Scene from the film, "Lily of Poverty Flat which was based on a story by Bret Harte. In this scene "Old Man" Clay argues with Colonel Starbottle. Beatriz Michelena as "the Lily" looks on.

Date: 1915
Type: PHOTO

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