Films

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• Birds "Invade" Santa Cruz
• Bret Harte in "The Movies," by Josephine Clifford McCrackin *
• Early Film Studios in Santa Cruz County, by Ann Young *
• Hollywood Came to Santa Cruz, by Ross Eric Gibson. *
• Local Inspiration for Movie Classics: Hitchcock had Links to Santa Cruz, by Ross Eric Gibson.
• On Location in Santa Cruz County: frames version | no-frames version,compiled by Ann Young *
  Lists of films shot entirely or partially in Santa Cruz County with links to more than 125 full-text, local newspaper articles from the 1910's and 1920's. Includes several historical photographs from the same time period. Requires Netscape 4.0 and higher or Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher.

The Grand Theatre, one of the first movie theaters in Santa Cruz, was on Pacific Avenue, across the street from Walnut. This photograph was probably taken around 1915. The posters in front of the theater advertise "The Eternal City" (1915), "Marriage à la Carte" (1915 & 1916), and a film featuring Eddie Plum and Lee Moran. Plum and Moran were together in film called, "Mrs. Plum's Pudding" in 1915.

• On Location in Santa Cruz, by Lisa Jensen
  an overview of filmmaking in Santa Cruz County from the "Good Times", July 9, 1981.
• Us Folks on the Film, a California Mountain Town that has Gone Stark Movie-Mad, by Earle Snell * (from "Sunset", March 1918)
• Wharton Film Studio Promotional Brochure:
  • I. Why Santa Cruz
  • II. The Production Plan
  • III. Resume of Mr. Wharton's Career
  • IV. A Word to the People of Santa Cruz County
• ZaSu Pitts, by Barbara Giffen.*
• ZaSu Pitts Photo Gallery, photos courtesy of Cynthia Mathews. * (Be patient, this one is image intense)

The photographs on this page are from the Koch collection in the History Archives, Museum of Art and History at the McPherson Center, Santa Cruz, California. Copyright the Museum of Art and History. Used with permission.

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