Almost Hollywood: The Forgotten Story of Jacksonville, Florida

Blair Miller tells the story of the motion picture industry as it developed in Jacksonville after the turn of the twentieth century. Almost Hollywood reveals the meteoric rise of Jacksonville in early silent films. Home to over thirty studios employing actors, directors, and stagehands, Jacksonville became touted as the “winter film capital of the world” by 1915. A myriad of factors contributed to Jacksonville’s rise and then fall by the mid 1920s. What were the reasons why Jacksonville missed out as the next mecca for filmmaking? Blair Miller tells the story through primary sources from that remarkable period.

Humor & Entertainment

Miller, Blair

Movies

Hamilton Books

Blair Miller tells the story of the motion picture industry as it developed in Jacksonville after the turn of the twentieth century. Almost Hollywood reveals the meteoric rise and fall of Jacksonville in early silent films.

Many movie genres developed during the silent era, but none was as lasting as comedies. Actors and actresses stood in front of crude, hand-cranked cameras and invented a style that made people laugh and forget their troubles. This is an encyclopedic work to persons, institutions and terms associated with silent film comedy. For people, there is a capsule biography and a summary of their contribution. For studios and companies, there is a brief history and for terms, a full definition is given.

American Silent Film Comedies: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Persons, Studios and Terminology

McFarland

Many movie genres developed during the silent era, but none was as lasting as comedies. Actors and actresses stood in front of crude, hand-cranked cameras and invented a style that made people laugh and forget their troubles. This is an encyclopedic work to persons, institutions and terms associated with silent film comedy. For people, there is a capsule biography and a summary of their contribution. For studios and companies, there is a brief history and for terms, a full definition is given.

McFarland Publishing

"Though this second offering from Blair Miller may be more stylistically diverse than his first collection, the poems are tied together by the clear voice of a confident teacher/storyteller. Even the most weighty subject matter is wrapped in such a cool delivery that I got the feeling of learning philosophy from a 12-bar blues jam." - Robert James Cooney, authour of Poems for the Duke

Everyone Else Has an Umbrella

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

space/self/world: Space and Identity in Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Dio Press Inc

Good Team, Bad Team: Lead Your People to Go After Big Challenges, Not Each Other

Business & Money

Thurber, Sarah

Business Culture

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With dreams of striking it rich at the forefront of their minds, many miners of the late 1800s followed this desire to the Victoria just outside of Frisco. As the mining camp later named Masontown continued to grow around this Victoria mine, what could not be foreseen were the troubles that await. Combating the relentless mountain winters and accompanying avalanches, lawsuits, and fraud, fending from claim jumpers, a safe haven for moonshiners, and all other crime that followed the western pursuit for riches presented themselves throughout the lifespan of the Victoria.For decades, the ruins of Masontown have left behind many mysteries. From its puzzling origins, disputed population, and impending demise, the history of what truly happened here has remained hidden underneath the rubble alongside this ghost town . . . until now.

Masontown: Frisco's Victoria Mine & Ghost Town

History

Americas

Frisco Historic Park and Museum Press

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