Movie set changed Boulder Creek from timber town to tinsel town
This article details the history of filmmaking in Santa Cruz County in the 1910s, and the overall history of Boulder Creek predating that time.
Notables: California Motion Picture Company, Lily of Poverty Flat, Bret Harte, Trail of the Lonesome Pine, Romance of the Redwoods, Cecil B DeMille, Mary Pickford, William S Hart, Tom Mix, Mary Miles Minter, Colleen Moore, Will Rogers, Dead Line, Beatriz Michelena, Shirley Cress Gleason, Anne Locatelli, Boulder Creek Women's Christian Temperance Union, John Holm, John Ercole, George Pilger
Notables: California Motion Picture Company, Lily of Poverty Flat, Bret Harte, Trail of the Lonesome Pine, Romance of the Redwoods, Cecil B DeMille, Mary Pickford, William S Hart, Tom Mix, Mary Miles Minter, Colleen Moore, Will Rogers, Dead Line, Beatriz Michelena, Shirley Cress Gleason, Anne Locatelli, Boulder Creek Women's Christian Temperance Union, John Holm, John Ercole, George Pilger
Creator:
The Valley Press; Scotts Valley Banner
Date: 1914
Type:
ARTICLE
Coverage:
- Santa Cruz
- Silent
- Drama
- 1980s
- 1910s
- Santa Cruz County
- Boulder Creek
- Brookdale
- Ben Lomond
- Felton
- Prohibition Era
Identifier: MS-SANTA CRUZ-MOVIES MISCELLANEOUS-03
Collection
Citation
Press, The Valley and Scotts Valley Banner. “Movie set changed Boulder Creek from timber town to tinsel town.” 1914. SCPL Local History. https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/137870. Accessed 24 Sep. 2025.