The Selig Polyscope Company (Los Angeles, California)

USA / California / Glendale / Los Angeles, California / Glendale Boulevard, 1845
 place with historical importance, interesting place, film/video production studio/facility, historical layer / disappeared object
1845-1869 Allesandro Blvd. (now Glendale Blvd.) was the site of L.A's first permanent movie studio, "Colonel" William Selig, The Selig Polyscope Company (of Chicago), opened this studio in 1909. Selig was one of the original movie moguls, and ran one of the biggest and most successful movie making operations.

In 1915, Selig moved his company to Lincoln Park where he also established a zoo and movie studio, and this Edendale (now Glendale) lot was taken over by William Fox Studios (the predecessor to 20th Century Fox) until 1919.

Over the years several production companies produced films on the old Selig lot, including Garson Studios (1919-1925) where Clara Kimball Young produced her films from 1921-1925. J. Warren Kerrigan Studios, Marshall Neilan Studios (1925-1930), Hollywood Productions (1931). Western Art, Westwood Productions, Snub Pollard Productions, Equity Pictures, Ralph Ince, brother of Thomas Ince, (1925-1926) were among the residents.

Among others who made films here were Thomas Ince, Conway Tearle (Michael and His Lost Angel, 1920) and Marie Prevost (Beggars on Horseback, 1924).

This studio was demolished in 1932.

The site is currently a condo complex.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edendale,_Los_Angeles
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selig_Polyscope
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Coordinates:   34°5'22"N   118°15'34"W

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  • Photo #5 from the Los Angeles Public Library photo collection. An undated view of Selig Polyscope, Pacific Coast Studio prior to its 1917 acquisition by William Fox of Fox Film Corporation.
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