• Texas’s Silent Film Era

    Book cover of The First Movie Studio in Texas: Gaston Méliès's Star Film Ranch. Picture of a small barn or shed with a camera set up outside. Some cowboys are bing filmed and horse is off to the side. The picture is old and shades of brown.

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The First Movie Studio in Texas

The Star Film Company actors and cowboys pose outside the Ranch in January 1910.

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    • The Melies Star Film troupe in Spring 1910
    • The Melies Star Film troupe in Spring 1910
    • The Melies Star Film troupe in Spring 1910

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