- The
Essanay Film
Manufacturing Company was an
early American motion picture studio. The
studio was
founded in 1907 in Chicago, and
later developed an...
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directing some of the
films in
which he starred.
Chaplin signed with the
Essanay Film
Manufacturing Company in 1915, and the year
after with the Mutual...
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directed his own
films and
continued to hone his
craft as he
moved to the
Essanay, Mutual, and
First National corporations. By 1918, he was one of the world's...
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Chicago boasted the
greatest number of
production companies and filmmakers.
Essanay Studios founded by
George K.
Spoor was one of the
earliest successful studios...
- (1892–1947), in 1914. In 1937,
Wilding moved into the
Essanay Building in Chicago, once
owned by
Essanay Film
Manufacturing Company. Over the next few decades...
- the
first star of the
Western film genre. He was a
founder and star for
Essanay studios. In 1958, he
received a
special Academy Award for
being a pioneer...
- in a
military family that
moved from base to base. Her
infatuation with
Essanay Studios actor Francis X.
Bushman led to her aunt
taking her to tour the...
- The
Niles Essanay Silent Film
Museum is
located in what is now the
Niles district in the city of Fremont, California. The
museum is
housed in the Edison...
- film era of the
early 20th century. She
appeared in
numerous films by
Essanay Studios,
including eleven Western films starring Broncho Billy Anderson...
- reel in length.
Chaplin wrote, directed, and
starred in 15
films for the
Essanay Film
Manufacturing Company, 13 of them
featuring the
Tramp character, all...