The Erbograph Company
Introduction In The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry, Anthony Slide devotes only a few lines to the Erbograph Company, writing that it « was formed in 1916 » and « closed its doors » in 1917. Not only is this description far too brief to convey how important the Company was at that time, but…
The Emerald Motion Picture Company
The Emerald City from Frank L. Baum’s Wizard of Oz was brought to the big screen for the first time in 1908 with The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays, directed by Francis Boggs and Otis Turner for the Selig Polyscope Company in Chicago. It is no surprise, then, that seven years later, a certain Frederick J. Ireland…
The Emerald Motion Picture Company
INTRODUCTION La « cité d’émeraude » du Magicien d’Oz de Frank L. Baum s’incarna sur grand écran pour la première fois en 1908 avec The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays, réalisé par Francis Boggs et Otis Turner pour le compte de la Selig Polyscope Company, dans la ville de Chicago. Pas étonnant donc que, sept ans plus…