Kalem production publicity still

Title

• Kalem production publicity still

Image Number

• PR07403

Year

• 19--

Series Title

• General: Print collections

General Note

• Kalem Studios was begun in New York City in 1907. It opened a permanent studio in Jacksonville in 1908-the first film studio to do so. And by doing, became the first studio to film year-round. The studio had made the first Ben-Hur and the first adaptation of Dr Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde. In 1917, the company was bought out by Vitagragh Studios.
• L-R: Harry P. Chira, Margaret Caldwell Mackin, Ben Ross, Alice Hollister.

Physical Description

• 1 photograph - b&w - 8 x 10 in.

Subject Term

• Stills (Motion pictures)
• Motion picture actors and actresses
• Women--Florida--Jacksonville
• Men--Florida--Jacksonville

Geographic Term

• Jacksonville (Fla.)

Personal Subject

• Ross, Ben.
• Chira, Harry P.
• Mackin, Margaret Caldwell.
• Hollister, Alice.

Subject Corporate

• Kalem Company.

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