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Essanay Studios,
officially the
Essanay Film
Manufacturing Company, was an
early American motion picture studio. The
studio was
founded in 1907 in Chicago...
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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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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...
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directed his own
films and
continued to hone his
craft as he
moved to
Essanay Studios,
where the
Tramp persona was
developed emotionally in The Tramp...
- 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...
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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...
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Chaplin wrote, directed, and
starred in 15
films for the
Essanay Film
Manufacturing Company, 13 of them
featuring the
Tramp character, all...
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silent films beginning in 1910 in Chicago, Illinois,
where she
worked for
Essanay Studios. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota,
Bayne moved to
Chicago when she...
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Yankee Tourist to good reviews. In 1913, he
moved to
Chicago to work for
Essanay Studios. His
first movie was
likely a
comedy short, His
Athletic Wife (1913)...
- era of the
early 20th century. She
appeared in
numerous productions by
Essanay Studios,
including eleven Western films starring Broncho Billy Anderson...
