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    The Selig Polyscope Company was an American motion picture company that was founded in 1896 by William Selig in Chicago, Illinois. The company produced...
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    In 1896, Selig created one of the first film production companies, Selig Polyscope Company of Chicago. He produced a string of commercially successful...
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  • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910 film) (category Selig Polyscope Company films)
    1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The film was made by the Selig Polyscope Company without Baum's direct input. It was created to fulfill a contractual...
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    early 1910 Mix agreed to work as an actor and wrangler for the Selig Polyscope Company. Mix alternated between working in films and in Wild West shows...
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    silent film actor, director, and screenwriter. He started at the Selig Polyscope Company and eventually moved to Keystone Studios, where he worked with...
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    Arabia The Equine Detective (category Selig Polyscope Company films)
    Arabia, Thomas Carrigan and Lillian Logan. It was produced by the Selig Polyscope Company. Arabia, The Human Horse - a horse Thomas Carrigan - Bob Collins...
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    Mix began his film career as a supporting cast member with the Selig Polyscope Company. His first appearance was in a short film, The Cowboy Millionaire...
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  • The Fire Chief's Daughter (category Selig Polyscope Company films)
    starring Kathlyn Williams. It was produced by the Selig Polyscope Company and released by the General Film Company. Kathlyn Williams The Fire Chief's Daughter...
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    silent film short directed by Colin Campbell. It was produced by Selig Polyscope Company. The film is preserved in the Library of Congress collection. Frank...
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    because of the region's favorable year-round weather. The 1908 Selig Polyscope Company production of The Count of Monte Cristo, directed by Francis Boggs...
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    were, Ishi seemed to deal with them just fine. Selig Polyscope Company (April 15, 1915). "Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, No. 30". IMDb. Archived from the...
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  • In the Long Ago (category Selig Polyscope Company films)
    by Colin Campbell. It was produced by the Selig Polyscope company and released by the General Film Company. Alternately the film is called The Long Ago...
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  • Something Good – Negro Kiss (category Selig Polyscope Company films)
    Lumière cinématographe camera to shoot Something Good. Selig distributed the Selig Polyscope Company film through the Sears & Roebuck mail order catalog...
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    The Cattle Thief's Escape (category Selig Polyscope Company films)
    supporting role. The film was produced by the Selig Polyscope Company and released through the General Film Company. It was released as split reel with Elephant...
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  • producer expressly for the motion picture camera." In 1909, the Selig-Polyscope Company established the first permanent Los Angeles motion picture studio...
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  • Briton and Boer (category Selig Polyscope Company films)
    Boer is a 1909 American silent film produced and distributed by Selig Polyscope Company. The film is set at the outset of the Boer War, beginning at the...
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    The Golden Thought (category Selig Polyscope Company films)
    starring Tom Mix. It was produced by the Selig Polyscope Company and released through the General Film Company. A print survives in the George Eastman...
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  • community in the United States Selig Polyscope Company, an American motion picture company founded by William Selig Selig's Wild Animal Farm (~1912–1914)...
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    The Selig Zoo in Los Angeles, California was an early 20th century animal collection managed by Col. W.N. Selig for use in Selig Polyscope Company films...
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  • Saved by the Pony Express (category Selig Polyscope Company films)
    Express is a 1911 American short silent Western film produced by the Selig Polyscope Company and starring Tom Mix. Also known as Pony Express Rider, it is preserved...
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  • The Man from Texas (1915 film) (category Selig Polyscope Company films)
    remastered. It was shot near Prescott, Arizona by William Selig of the Selig Polyscope Company. Tom Mix as Texas Ed Brady (uncredited) Goldie Colwell (uncredited)...
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    Bulletins, 1896–1908. Los Angeles: Locare Research Group. p. 262. The Selig Polyscope Company made pictures in the Los Angeles area in 1908 and 1909, and began...
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    The Hold-Up of the Leadville Stage (category Selig Polyscope Company films)
    chasing the stage. Robbery of the stage. No Name Supplied (1905). "Selig Polyscope Company 1905 Catalog: Hold-up of the Leadville Stage". doi:10.7282/T39K4BJK...
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    The Girls in the Overalls (category Selig Polyscope Company films)
    the Overalls was filmed in 1902 and later became available in the Selig Polyscope catalog and was Harry Buckwalter's first film with a plot and storyline...
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    film director. Green entered film in 1912 as an actor for the Selig Polyscope Company. He became an assistant to director Colin Campbell. He then started...
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    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1908 film) (category Selig Polyscope Company films)
    in 1887.) To cash in on the popularity of their 1908 film, the Selig Polyscope company released another version of the Jekyll-Hyde story (running 7 minutes)...
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  • Polyscope may refer to: Polyscope Productions Ltd., Canadian motion picture company Selig Polyscope Company, early American motion picture company Polyscope...
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    The Carpet from Bagdad (category Selig Polyscope Company films)
    conglomerate created by Vitagraph Studios, Lubin Manufacturing Company, Selig Polyscope Company, and Essanay Studios. The film was also screened in a special...
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    Spanish leads in many Bison Company Productions. Darkfeather made movies for Bison starting in 1909, the Selig Polyscope Company between 1909 and 1913, Nestor...
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    directed another 60 or so silent short films. William Duncan and Selig Polyscope Company took over the Prescott facility. Some of the pioneer actors who...
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