Comments on: Selig Polyscope Studios

By: Phyl van Ammers

Phyl van Ammers — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 22:52:00 +0000

Do you know what happened to the historic marker that used to be at the corner of the empty lot? Do you know if it can be gotten back from wherever it is?
Los Angeles Public Library photo of the studio notes the site of the Selig studio IS(not was) at 1850 Glendale Boulevard. I assume the library is mistaken.

SORRY I DONT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MARKER.

By: sara radovanovitch

sara radovanovitch — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 05:12:33 +0000

hi ronnie,
i live on alvarado and aaron street, and am fascinated with the history of the area. i know the market you are talking about, and was wondering if you had any other stories and history you could share with me?
thanks

By: Yvonne Talbot

Yvonne Talbot — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:13:35 +0000

Hi from England,
What an informative site. I had heard nothing about Selig until researching yesterday a silver metal numbered disc my Mum has acquired on which is written Finders, please return to SELIG POLYSCOPE CO. 20 E. Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois. There is a number across the disc 16502. On the reverse is a large S in a horizontal diamond shape, and the letters CMIIX. Despite exhaustive searching I cannot find what this would have been used for – any clues please?
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Hi Yvonne, maybe one of the readers will know, thank you,

By: Ronnie Karish

Ronnie Karish — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:32:15 +0000

My grandparents had property on Glendale Blvd. and on Aaron St. starting in 1908. My mom was born while living on Aaron directly across the street from Keystone. I lived there until 1969. My grandmother (Sarah Brener) ran the sandwich shop on the boulevard and my mom took care of Tom Mix’s horse. She was always trying to figure out how to prove that our little bamboo cane was actually handed to her in the restuarant by Chaplin himself!
Love these articles.
Thanks.

By: EC Gladstone

EC Gladstone — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 02:53:28 +0000

Hi All,
Great article Allan. You can see more Edendale photos that I’ve collected in the lobby of the Edendale Grill restaurant (and Mixville Bar) at 2838 Rowena Ave, Silver Lake (323) 666-2000
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Thanks I’ll have to check that out.

By: Paul K. Sholar

Paul K. Sholar — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:19:42 +0000

Do you have any research on the short stretch of time around 1910 when Selig and others shot silent films at Sycamore Grove Park in today’s Highland Park neighborhood? Evidently Boggs’s and Selig’s “Monte Christo” (all prints later destroyed) was partially shot there. Between shoots the actors were known to stay at the newly constructed Mt. Washington Hotel, now used as HQ of the Self-Realization Fellowship.
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Hi Paul, I have no information on that but it’s very interesting. If anyone knows anything they can post it here or contact me. I will also see if I can find anything and if so, let you know.

By: Giovanni Di Simone

Giovanni Di Simone — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:09:35 +0000

Thank you so much for this incredible piece of hollywood history, do you have regular meetings or reunions discussing these findings, projects , please keep me updated, I would love to contribute,
sincerely

Giovanni Di Simone

By: Steve Goldstein

Steve Goldstein — Tue, 26 May 2009 22:21:07 +0000

How far is this site from the former Mixville, also on Glendale Blvd and built by Selig for Tom Mix? It is so sad to see how this man is mostly forgotten now. His niche at the Chapel of the Pines is about an inch and a half long and when we found it, his nameplate had been removed and was in a nearby flower vase. Thanks, as always, Allan for the great research and for sharing with those of us who love this stuff.

A. — Thanks Steve. Mixville is about a mile away from this site. I’ll be doing a post on Mixville in the next couple of weeks. I’ve already been there.

By: Jim Lacy

Jim Lacy — Tue, 26 May 2009 04:19:27 +0000

Wonderful research and pictures Allan, as always. I can easily lose myself reading about this era in film history. There’s another book with a number of pictures of both the Chicago and Edendale studios, with even more film stills, in Kalton Lahue’s 1973 “Motion Picture Pioneer–the Selig Polyscope Company.” But you probably already have it…

A. — Thanks Jim. No, I don’t have that book but it sounds interesting. I’ll try and look for it.

By: Andre

Andre — Mon, 25 May 2009 19:58:12 +0000

Thanks, Allan.
So, that’s what happened to the Selig studio…
I was actually expecting another parking lot, but no, just an empty one.