LEADER 03816nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910827400403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-292-73740-8 024 7 $a10.7560/728707 035 $a(CKB)3170000000046123 035 $a(OCoLC)794672185 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10565389 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000582516 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11390777 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000582516 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10560644 035 $a(PQKB)11455348 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443596 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse17552 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443596 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10565389 035 $a(OCoLC)932314240 035 $a(DE-B1597)586990 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292737402 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000046123 100 $a20110520d2012 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCol. William N. Selig, the man who invented Hollywood /$fAndrew A. Erish 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (316 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-72870-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references, filmography and index. 327 $aIntroduction: the forgotten pioneer -- The birth of a motion picture company -- Making westerns in the west -- The creation of the movie cowboy -- Selig in Eden: the genesis of movies in Los Angeles -- Selig's cinematic jungles and zoo -- Leading the world -- Actualities, expeditions, and newsreels -- The development of the feature film -- Exiled from Eden -- Conclusion. 330 $aAll histories of Hollywood are wrong. Why? Two words: Colonel Selig. This early pioneer laid the foundation for the movie industry that we know today. Active from 1896 to 1938, William N. Selig was responsible for an amazing series of firsts, including the first two-reel narrative film and the first two-hour narrative feature made in America; the first American movie serial with cliffhanger endings; the first westerns filmed in the West with real cowboys and Indians; the creation of the jungle-adventure genre; the first horror film in America; the first successful American newsreel (made in partnership with William Randolph Hearst); and the first permanent film studio in Los Angeles. Selig was also among the first to cultivate extensive international exhibition of American films, which created a worldwide audience and contributed to American domination of the medium. In this book, Andrew Erish delves into the virtually untouched Selig archive at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Library to tell the fascinating story of this unjustly forgotten film pioneer. He traces Selig?s career from his early work as a traveling magician in the Midwest, to his founding of the first movie studio in Los Angeles in 1909, to his landmark series of innovations that still influence the film industry. As Erish recounts the many accomplishments of the man who first recognized that Southern California is the perfect place for moviemaking, he convincingly demonstrates that while others have been credited with inventing Hollywood, Colonel Selig is actually the one who most deserves that honor. 517 3 $aColonel William N. Selig, the man who invented Hollywood 606 $aMotion picture producers and directors$zUnited States$vBiography 615 0$aMotion picture producers and directors 676 $a791.4302/32092 B 700 $aErish$b Andrew A.$f1958-$01635085 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827400403321 996 $aCol. William N. Selig, the man who invented Hollywood$94043553 997 $aUNINA