Hollywood East
A century ago, Jacksonville was beginning an exciting new era as the winter hub of the burgeoning motion picture industry with more than thirty studios located here during the heyday. The likes of Lillian Gish, the Barrymore clan, and a funny newcomer named Oliver Hardy wintered and worked in the town that had become the nation's most modern by way of the post-Great Fire recovery. After a glamorous two decades, a tragic plot twist would send filmmakers westward to California. Jacksonville's only surviving silent film studio complex, which was also one of the first to produce films that starred black actors in positive roles.
- Runtime
- 30h
- Released
- 2010
Details
Release year: 2010
Storyline
A century ago, Jacksonville was beginning an exciting new era as the winter hub of the burgeoning motion picture industry with more than thirty studios located here during the heyday. The likes of Lillian Gish, the Barrymore clan, and a funny newcomer named Oliver Hardy wintered and worked in the town that had become the nation's most modern by way of the post-Great Fire recovery. After a glamorous two decades, a tragic plot twist would send filmmakers westward to California. Jacksonville's only surviving silent film studio complex, which was also one of the first to produce films that starred black actors in positive roles.