2. Making Westerns in the West

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Abbreviations ix
5. Introduction: The Forgotten Pioneer 1
6. 1. The Birth of a Motion Picture Company 5
7. 2. Making Westerns in the West 31
8. 3. The Creation of the Movie Cowboy 57
9. 4. Selig in Eden: The Genesis of Movies in Los Angeles 77
10. 5. Selig’s Cinematic Jungles and Zoo 101
11. 6. Leading the World 132
12. 7. Actualities, Expeditions, and Newsreels 147
13. 8. The Development of the Feature Film 163
14. 9. Exiled from Eden 195
15. Conclusion 219
16. Notes 225
17. Suggested Reading and Selected Selig Filmography 289
18. Index 293