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Essanay Studios, officially the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company, was an early American motion picture studio. The studio was founded in 1907 in Chicago, and later developed an additional film lot in Niles Canyon, California.
Essanay Studios Chicago Official Website. WATCH ESSANAY FILMS. Watch films produced by the eastern and western branches of the Essanay company. HISTORY. Essanay is best known today for its series of Charlie Chaplin comedies of 1915. RESTORATION CAMPAIGN. Help us save and restore one of the first and last silent film studios in the world.
Welcome to ESSANAY. For over four decades, Essanay's goals have been to present the most workable and comfortable stages, offer current and well maintained lighting and grip equipment, and to provide the highest level of professional service.
Learn about the history of Essanay Studios, an American motion picture studio founded in 1907 in Chicago and known for its Charlie Chaplin comedies. Discover how the studio expanded to California and moved to Los Angeles, and what happened to its Chicago location.
Essanay was a pioneering film studio founded in 1907 by George K. Spoor and Gilbert M. “Broncho Billy” Anderson. It produced silent films with stars like Charlie Chaplin and Gloria Swanson at its Uptown location in Chicago.
Jul 15, 2015 · Essanay Studios was one of the United States’ foremost film studios for just under a decade, even producing the famous Charlie Chaplin film, The Tramp. Essanay Studios was founded in...
Jan 4, 2017 · In 1907, George Kirke Spoor and Gilbert M. Anderson (the filmmaker-actor best known to audiences as Broncho Billy) joined forces and established Chicago’s Peerless Film Manufacturing Company, later known as Essanay, which stood for the “S” and “A” in their respective last names.
