William Selig
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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 int
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)
The Adventures of Kathlyn
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The Adventures of Kathlyn is an American motion picture serial released on December 29, 1913, by the Selig Polyscope Company. An adventure serial filmed in Chicago, Illinois, its thirteen episodes wer
William Selig
…also produced the first Wizard of Oz film in 1910, the first two-reeler (about 20 minutes) film, Damon and Pythias (1908), and the first true serial, The Adventures of Kathlyn (1913–1914). William Nicholas Selig was born March 14, 1864, at 10 Kramer Street, Chicago, Illinois, to Antonia (née Linsky) and Joseph Franz Selig, a…
The Adventures of Kathlyn (1914 book)