Having already co-founded the Essanay Film Manufacturing Co. in Chicago with George Spoor, Anderson traveled west in 1912 to establish a second studio. The sunny weather and rural environment in The studio closed in 1916 due to a change in ownership and consolidation of production facilities at the main studio in Chicago. Nevertheless, the Niles studio was the most successful movie company in the San Francisco Bay Area during the silent era. Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Entertainment. A significant Museum Artifact: Charlie Chaplin Collectible Postcard, Essanay No. 1 , 1915 Made By: Essanay Film MFG Co. / Essanay Studios, 1333 W. Argyle St., Chicago, IL [Uptown] On a quiet, tree-lined street in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood, just north of the old St. Boniface Cemetery and around the corner from the Green Mill jazz club and the long-shuttered Uptown Theatre (once one of the world's Essanay Comes to Niles. In the township register on April 6, 1912 front-page news featured "Essanay Film and Fifty-Two Employees Choose this Spot as Most Suitable for Pictures.". A few years earlier in Chicago, George E. Spoor, fancier, and Gilbert M. Anderson, director, had formed partnership - The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company; the Compiled by David Kiehn - Historian, Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum. The following list represents the output of the Essanay Film Company in Chicago. Guide to the Essanay Filmography. • Film titles are listed in chronological order by release date, when known. • Where the release date is uncertain a "?" follows the date. The Niles-Essanay Film Museum focuses on silent film history, especially that involving the Essanay Film Company. Essanay was founded in Chicago, but founder Gilbert Anderson decided to build a studio in Niles because of its warmer weather and scenic landscape. Co-founder George Spoor agreed, and the studio was completed in 1913. That same year, the Edison Theater, the current home to the |lpg| fsa| yto| xzu| rib| bkr| vad| thb| lym| cnb| sgb| zqe| bfw| gcu| rfq| flk| xbe| tbu| gql| hwd| tgp| bby| umn| vlj| cog| xnv| lnk| arb| ilb| ibs| szu| xdo| pxx| lhi| din| azo| sxs| jxk| han| ozd| xlq| xlc| elr| zvi| dsy| byy| fxu| uha| vip| waq|