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	Further US Development
		Edison's assistant, William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, was given the task of inventing the device in June 1889, possibly because of his background as a photographer.
		William N. Selig was born March 14, 1864 in Chicago, Illinois.
		In 1913, Selig purchased 32 acres of land near Los Angeles that became a zoo to house the 700 animal species that appeared in his films.
	numberonestars.com /freemovieencyclopedia/furtherusdevelopment.htm (2129 words)

	Henry William Herman Selig and August Ludwig Selig
		Selig moved to Illinois, and in later years to Colorado and still later to near Cheyenne, Wyoming, where she operated what was known as the Eleven-Mile Ranch.
		August Ludwig Selig was born in the free city of Hamburg, Germany, on the 6th of August, 1846, and resided with his parents until he came to the United States with his father in 1858.
		Selig was married February 1, 1868, to Mary Frances Park, and they are the parents of five sons: Louis F., John E., Ernest T., Harry G. and George A., all of whom are married and living in various sections of the United States.
	skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/archives/1918ks/bios/selighw.html (1577 words)

	Eldridge Plays and Musicals
		William Friedman arrives fresh from college, thinking he is to work in genetics, his major, but his hobby of photography is seized upon by the team researching Shakespeare's First Folio for a hidden code they claim proves Francis Bacon's authorship.
		William falls in love with Elizabeth, one of the team assistants, but must fight for her affection with a local town lawyer, a tall, handsome Midwesterner whose looks contrast sharply with the short, dark European Friedman.
		The Shakespeare team is shattered when William Selig, a film producer, who is about to release several films based on Shakespeare's plays, sues to prevent the publication of their research, claiming it would impact negatively upon his film's box office.
	www.histage.com /searchdetails.asp?strPlayno=8272 (267 words)

	Who's Who of Victorian Cinema
		William N. Selig was a magician and later a minstrel show operator who left Chicago in poor health to travel the far western and southern states.
		A mechanic to whom Selig turned for help had unknowingly made a duplicate Cinématographe for a travelling Lumière operator, and Selig's camera and Polyscope projector were based on the drawings of the Lumière machine.
		Selig maintained studios in Chicago and the Edendale district of Los Angeles, and produced many animal pictures, with the Selig Jungle Zoo near Eastlake Park becoming the largest collection of wild animals in the world with over 700 residents.
	www.victorian-cinema.net /selig.htm (416 words)

	William N. Selig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		WILLIAM N. The founder of the Selig Polyscope Company was born William Nicholas Selig on March 14, 1864, in Chicago, Illinois.
		William Selig is fifth from the right (with cane) and John and Gertrude Selig are at the center (behind the man with the banner).
		William Selig is leaning on the streetcar while John and Gertrude Selig are to his right.
	employees.oxy.edu /jerry/wselig.htm (409 words)

	Bio for William N. Selig on MSN Movies
		American film pioneer William N. Selig was the first producer to build a studio in Hollywood, CA.
		As soon as Selig received word that the President had slain one, he released his film, Hunting Big Game in Africa, and had a major hit.
		Selig was one of the first producers to make feature-length films and also created the first American serial film, The Adventures of Kathlyn.
	entertainment.msn.com /celebs/celeb.aspx?c=210037&stab=1 (323 words)

	Special Collections Manuscripts - Margaret Herrick Library - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Selig was an early American film pioneer who founded the Selig Polyscope Company (originally called the Mutuscope and Film Company), on April 9, 1896, in Chicago.
		With The Count of Monte Cristo (1908), Selig Polyscope claimed to be the first to shoot a narrative film in Los Angeles, and in 1909 established a permanent studio in the Los Angeles area.
		Selig received a 1947 Special Academy Award along with Albert E. Smith, Thomas Armat, and George K. Spoor for being a pioneer in the developing art of motion pictures.
	www.oscars.org /mhl/sc/selig_162.html (751 words)

	William N. Selig - Films as Producer (selected list):
		William N. Selig was an important film producer in the early days of the motion picture industry.
		Selig was among the first movie producers who considered Los Angeles as a versatile moviemaking location.
		Even before Edison vs. Selig was resolved in a Chicago Circuit Court in 1908, Selig and many Chicago film exchanges (or distributors) joined with Edison in a licensing and distribution agreement that gave Edison a lion's share of the profits while the Chicago companies retained regulatory control.
	www.filmreference.com /Writers-and-Production-Artists-Ro-She/Selig-William-N.html (866 words)

	Selig studio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Colonel William Selig (1864-1948), a pioneer in the early motion picture industry, is credited with a number of important "firsts".
		In 1908, Selig filmed The Count of Monte Cristo, thought to be the first narrative film shot in Los Angeles, and in 1909, he established the first permanent Los Angeles motion picture studio, on Allesandro Street in Edendale.
		As Colonel Selig had acquired a sizable collection of wild animals to feature in his films, part of the new site was set up as a zoo, which eventually took on its own importance as a tourist attraction.
	home.earthlink.net /~deadreckoner/Edendale/selig.htm (501 words)

	Guide to Motion Picture Catalogs - The Edison Papers
		Biograph, Selig, and Lubin did not respond as quickly to the rising demand for films during 1906-07.
		Selig material at CLAC was donated by or through Charles Clark, who initially purchased part of the Selig collection.
		Selig subsequently donated the remainder of his collection directly to the Academy.
	www.rci.rutgers.edu /~taep/mopix/ncklodn.htm (1345 words)

	Selig Zoo & Studio
		Selig does not say so; but his chiefs believe it, and point to the fact that his structures are of solid concrete, that the ornate entrance, on which alone $60,000 was spent, should withstand the wear and tear of the elements for a thousand years.
		Selig has been in Los Angeles for many weeks giving his personal attention to the completion of arrangements for the official opening of the park, which will be celebrated on the arrival of the Selig Special from Chicago by way of San Francisco and following the exhibitors' convention in the latter city.
		Colonel Selig is reticent as to his future plans for picturemaking, other than as those plans may be revealed in his formal announcements.
	employees.oxy.edu /jerry/seligzoo.htm (1663 words)

	Film
		William Selig, a former magician and theatrical troupe manager, was making and exhibiting films in Chicago by 1897.
		In 1907, the Selig Polyscope Company built a production facility at Irving Park Road and Western Avenue that covered three acres and employed over two hundred people.
		Several “race film” companies (companies run largely by African Americans who made films for a fl audience) were formed during the silent film era in Chicago as well.
	www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org /pages/452.html (1023 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		There, he met William Selig and in 1907 Boggs became involved with the making of motion pictures at Selig's Polyscope studios in Chicago.
		Unfortunately for the pioneering Francis Boggs, who had made upwards of two hundred short films by the fall of 1911, his career and life ended when he was shot to death by Frank Minematsu, a Japanese gardener who went berserk, on October 27, 1911.
		Studio owner, William Selig tried to wrestle the gun away from the man and he too was shot, wounded in the arm.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Francis_Boggs (484 words)

	Selig Zoo and Movie Studio.
		Selig, William (1864-1948), U.S. motion picture pioneer, born in Chicago, Ill.; actor, theatrical manager 1888-99; improved early motion picture camera; produced first long historical motion picture (Coming of Columbus').
		Selig was the first producer to build a studio in Hollywood, California.
		They became especially popular in 1909 when the enterprising Selig recreated a successful lion hunt by President Theodore Roosevelt who was on African safari at the time.
	www.lincolnheightsla.com /selig (646 words)

	Josh Becker: Hollywood Movie Studios
		Selig Polyscope was owned and run by Col. William Selig, who had never actually been a colonel of anything.
		Selig also started a zoo next door to his studio, aptly named Selig Zoo, mainly to supply the animals needed for his jungle pictures, but it was also open to the public.
		Selig Zoo, however, stayed in business for over 25 more years, and finally went under in the mid-1930s during the Great Depression.
	www.beckerfilms.com /HollywoodMovieStudios.htm (3674 words)

	William N. Selig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1910, Selig hired a vaudeville actor bearing a slight resemblance to Theodore Roosevelt, and while the President was on safari in Africa, made a movie (ROOSEVELT IN AFRICA) of a lion hunt in his Chicago studio.
		That same year Selig hired Tom Mix to scout Oklahoma locations and supply cowboy extras for films to be shot there.
		Although the Selig zoo remained opened for many years more, the Selig Polyscope Company was no more.
	theoscarsite.com /whoswho2/selig_w.htm (429 words)

	William Selig - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Leo the lion, later made famous in MGM's logo, was one of the residents.
		After establishing a studio on the grounds of the zoo, he leased the Echo Park studio to William Fox of Fox Film Corporation.
		In 1948, Selig, along with several of his fellow pioneers, was given a special Academy Honorary Award to acknowledge his important role in building the film industry.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Selig (616 words)

	Selig - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On onmastics in Judaism, there are there variants: Selig, Seligenstadt, Seligman, Seligmann, Seligmann-Eichthal, Seligsohn, Selikowitz, Selling, Zeligman/Zelikman..
		Selig Korn, later Friedrich N. Nosk (April 26, 1803, Prague - Oct. 16, 1850, Teplitz), Czech-German writer and mythologist ([9])
		Eliakim ben Asher Selig (lived at Yampol in the 18 c.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Selig (366 words)

	Selig, Fabyan and O'Connor (1916) William N. Selig vs. George Fabyan et al.: In which the existence and use of the ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Selig, Fabyan and O'Connor (1916) William N. Selig vs. George Fabyan et al.: In which the existence and use of the biliteral cipher were passed on by Judge Tuthill) : the evidence in the case
		William N. Selig vs. George Fabyan et al.: In which the existence and use of the biliteral cipher were passed on by Judge Tuthill) : the evidence in the case
		Shakespeare, William; Bacon, Francis; Authorship; Baconian theory; Cipher
	www.getcited.org /pub/100177325 (100 words)

	Kathlyn Williams - Silent Star of April, 1998
		In 1913, Colonel William Selig, in a last-ditch effort to help save the floundering Chicago Tribune, began a collaborative effort to boost the paper's circulation and increase attendance at his pictures.
		Kathlyn Williams was born in Butte, MT, May 31, possibly 1888, to a Norwegian father and a Welsh mother.
		With the rousing success of Adventures, Selig continued to make a whole series of films using animals that came to be known as the Selig Zoo, and later the nucleus for the San Diego Zoo.
	www.csse.monash.edu.au /~pringle/silent/ssotm/Apr98 (969 words)

	Kathlyn Williams photo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Williams made 45 films for Selig from 1910 to 1912, and then came the serial "The Adventures of Kathlyn" in 1913-1914 which made her a star.
		The next three years continued to be busy years for her not only starring in a number of films but writing screenplays, as well.
		In 1949, she was involved in a car accident that resulted in the loss of a leg.
	www.silentsaregolden.com /photos2/kathlynwilliamsphoto.html (329 words)

	Edendale, Los Angeles, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The company was founded by Colonel William Selig in Chicago, and it was his associate, Francis Boggs who first established the Los Angeles studio in Edendale.
		In 1913, Selig acquired 32 acres of land a few miles away in Eastlake Park (today known as Lincoln Park (Los Angeles)), and began shifting his operations to that new location.
		He started his career with Selig-Polyscope, was taken over by William Fox in 1917, was picked up by FBO (a precursor to RKO) in 1928, and made the jump to "talkies" with Universal in the 1930s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edendale,_Los_Angeles,_California (2639 words)

	William Nicholas Selig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		William N. Selig / Col. William Selig / W.N. Selig / William N. Selig / Wm.
		Hugo the Hunchback (1910) (as William N. Selig)
		The Hold-up of the Leadville Stage (1904) (as William N. Selig)
	www.imdb.com /name/nm0783152 (445 words)

	Selig Polyscope Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1896, with help from Union Metal Works and Andrew Schustek he shot his first film Tramp and the Dog for the "Selig Polyscope Company".
		The combination of wild animals, thrills, adventure and Kathlyn Williams made for an incredible success.
		Reportedly the Tribune’s circulation increased 10% and a dance and cocktail were named after Kathlyn Williams.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Selig_Polyscope_Company (521 words)

	Kathlyn Williams Biography :: Hollywood.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Montana native was active in stock companies when signed by Col. William Selig to star for his Chicago-based film company in 1910.
		Williams specialized in action films, often co-starring the famed Selig zoo animals.
		Williams continued starring for Selig until 1916, when she moved with her new husband, executive Charles Eyton, to Paramount.
	www.hollywood.com /celebs/fulldetail/id/197065 (424 words)

	ERBzin-e 303: Nkima's Chattering From The Shoulder #4
		Baum had moved to the new suburb of Hollywood in 1910 and, like Burroughs, was determined to have his tales adapted to the movies.
		That year, William Selig had made a hand-colored one-reeler of "The Wizard of Oz." Then in 1914, Baum had formed his own studio, the Oz Film Manufacturing Company, though the venture had failed after only five films.
		By the time he met Burroughs -- perhaps through Selig -- Baum had alreadyy completed a full cycle of successes and hard knocks, and he was all too willing to share his insight with an inexperienced fellow Chicagoan nearly twenty years his junior.
	www.geocities.com /hillmans09/erbz303.html (1254 words)

	William Selig papers \| Photograph Archive \| Margaret Herrick Library \| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
		The photograph series of the William Selig papers, which pertains to the Selig Polyscope Company, spans the years 1904–1921 and encompasses 6 linear feet, consisting of vintage fl-and-white prints, copy negatives, frame enlargements, and frame enlargement negatives.
		The subject photographs span primarily the 1910s and are arranged alphabetically by subject.
		The majority of these are of the Selig Zoo, Selig’s Chicago studio, and Selig’s Los Angeles studio.
	www.oscars.org /mhl/scp/selig_william_ph.html (225 words)

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