Almost Hollywood: The Forgotten Story of Jacksonville, Florida

by Blair Miller

Book Overview

Blair Miller tells the story of the motion picture industry as it developed in Jacksonville after the turn of the twentieth century. Almost Hollywood reveals the meteoric rise of Jacksonville in early silent films. Home to over thirty studios employing actors, directors, and stagehands, Jacksonville became touted as the "winter film capital of the world" by 1915. A myriad of factors contributed to Jacksonville's rise and then fall by the mid 1920s...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761859950
• ISBN13: 9780761859956
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Hamilton Books
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.8"