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Before Hollywood there was Fort Lee, New Jersey /

Describes the formative years of the silent screen in Fort Lee, New Jersey, using actual silent films made in Fort Lee. Includes still photographs, film productions from 1907-1917, and footage from 1935 of the studios in ruins to show the rise and fall of silent filmmaking in Fort Lee. Includes feat...

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Corporate Authors:	Film Preservation Associates, Fort Lee Film Commission, Biograph Company, World Film Corporation, Image Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors:	Shepard, David, Tourneur, Maurice, 1876-1961, Davis, Owen, 1874-1956, Martin, Vivian, 1893-1987, Francis, Alec B., 1867-1934, Barnett, Chester, 1885-1947, Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948, Pickford, Mary, 1892-1979, Barrymore, Lionel, 1878-1954, Kenyon, Doris, 1897-1979, Warwick, Robert, 1878-1964
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Included silent films have English intertitles and musical accompaniment.
Published:	©2003
Series:	Blackhawk Films collection.
Subjects:	Fort Lee (N.J.) > History > 20th century. Motion picture studios > New Jersey > Fort Lee > History > 20th century. Silent films > New Jersey > Fort Lee > History. Motion picture industry > New Jersey > Fort Lee > History > 20th century. Documentary films. Motion pictures, American. Silent films. Feature films. Short films.

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