Francis Winter Boggs was an American stage actor and pioneer silent film director. He was one of the first to direct a film in Hollywood.
Francis Boggs
Francis Boggs, with his back to the camera, directs a scene for The Girls of the Range, 1910.
Boggs' grave at Graceland Cemetery
William Nicholas Selig was a vaudeville performer and pioneer of the American motion picture industry. His stage billing as Colonel Selig would be used for the rest of his career, even as he moved into film production.
Selig in 1916
Selig studio, Chicago, The Moving Picture World, July 1916
Street view of Selig's studio in Los Angeles, c. 1910.
"Shakespeare trial", 1916, Chicago Tribune, Selig (right)