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Fox movie troupe from the production "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" at Crown's Food Emporium.

Date: May 1932
Type: PHOTO

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The adult actors are Beatriz Michelena and Andrew Robson. The two little girls were local children, Anne Locatelli (l.) and Shirley Cress Gleason (r.) Their mothers made new dresses for the girls to wear in the film. The director smeared mud on the…

Date: 1917
Type: PHOTO

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ZaSu Pitts grew up in Santa Cruz, graduating from Santa Cruz High School in 1914. After graduation she went to Hollywood. Here she is seen mowing the lawn during one of her visits back to Santa Cruz.

Date: ca. 1919
Type: PHOTO

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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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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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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." Jack Hamlin, Colonel Starbottle, and Culpepper are playing poker in the Jumping Frog Saloon.

Date: 1915
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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Norma Talmadge (?) holding a pigeon from Sperry Air Service. The sign in front is advertising "The Dove," a silent film which was released in late 1927.

Date: ca. 1927
Type: PHOTO

scott.pdf

Date: 2013-Summer
Source: Santa Cruz Style, v2n2, p24-27
Type: ARTICLE

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