Chicago film industry
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The Chicago film industry is a central hub for motion picture production and exhibition that was established before Hollywood became the undisputed capital of film making. In the early 1900s, Chicago
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Essanay Studio
His New Job featuring Charlie Chaplin at Essanay Studios, Chicago
An Advertisement for a western produced by Essanay founder, Brocho Billy Anderson
Broncho Billy Anderson
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Gilbert M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson was an American actor, writer, film director, and film producer, who was the first star of the Western film genre. He was a founder and star for Essanay studios. In
Anderson c. 1913
Francis X. Bushman, Charlie Chaplin and Anderson, photo taken at the Essanay Studio, Chicago in 1915
Naked Hands, 1918
The Son of a Gun, 1919