Sleepy BC was once big center for Hollywood film
This article, a reprint from 1918, tells of some of the drama and tales from Boulder Creek's film hub years.
Notables: Mary Miles Minter, Melissa of the Hills, Frank Waters, Poverty Flat, Texas George, Beatriz Michelena, Judge Page, Dante Locatelli, Douglas Fairbanks, The Halfbreed, Boulder Creek Business Association, Bret Harte, William S Hart, The Aryan, The Romance of the Redwoods, Mary Pickford, Freckles, Jack Pickford, Louise Huff, Sudden Jim, The Sunset Trail, Charles Ray, Vivian Martin, The Call of the East, Sessue Hayakawa, R J Hand, Tom Murphy, Tom Ladd, Frank Locatelli
Notables: Mary Miles Minter, Melissa of the Hills, Frank Waters, Poverty Flat, Texas George, Beatriz Michelena, Judge Page, Dante Locatelli, Douglas Fairbanks, The Halfbreed, Boulder Creek Business Association, Bret Harte, William S Hart, The Aryan, The Romance of the Redwoods, Mary Pickford, Freckles, Jack Pickford, Louise Huff, Sudden Jim, The Sunset Trail, Charles Ray, Vivian Martin, The Call of the East, Sessue Hayakawa, R J Hand, Tom Murphy, Tom Ladd, Frank Locatelli
Creator:
Earle Snell; Sunset Magazine
Source:
- Valley Press
- Jim Hartman
Date: 1974
Type:
ARTICLE
Coverage:
- Santa Cruz
- Behind the scenes
- Boulder Creek
- 1970s
- Santa Cruz County
- Santa Cruz Mountains
- 1910s
- Western
- Native American
Identifier: MS-SANTA CRUZ-MOVIES MISCELLANEOUS-04
Collection
Citation
Snell, Earle and Sunset Magazine. “Sleepy BC was once big center for Hollywood film.” Valley Press. 1974. SCPL Local History. https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/137871. Accessed 24 Sep. 2025.