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Sally is a former special collections librarian. She lives in Glendale, California.

KING BAGGOT

King Baggot began making films for Carl Laemmle in 1909 and was a major star from 1910 to 1916.   Baggot then gained renown as a director in the 1920s and as a character actor in the 1930s and 1940s, but perhaps most notably, he was the first publicized leading man in America.  In his two-reel Shadows he played ten characters and also directed-a first in film history.   He founded the Screen Club, the first and most prestigious club strictly for film personnel.  He directed The Home Maker, a social drama that explored role reversal between a husband and wife when such an idea was not at all accepted, and Tumbleweeds, now considered a classic among western films.

$ 44.95  (24.4 oz)

A life-long movie fan and native of Chicago, Arnie Bernstein has written for numerous film anthologies and other publications.

HOLLYWOOD ON LAKE MICHIGAN

From the earliest film studios, when one out of every five movies were made in Chicago, to today's thriving independent film scene, the Windy City has been at the forefront of American moviemaking.

From alleyways to the lakefront, from the El tracks to suburban streets, Chicago is a sprawing backlot of cinematic creativity and stories.  See the Windy City like you've never seen it before-both on the screen and off the set-in the first book ever to chronicle the engaging history of Chicago and the movies, including the original Essanay studio.

$ 15.00  (16.0 oz)

"THE MOVIES ARE..."

Over the course of his long and distinguished career Carl Sandburg earned two Pulitzer prizes, one for poetry and one for biography. But it comes as a surprise to many that, during the 1920s, this noted American writer was also a respected newspaper film critic.  At a time when movies were still considered light entertainment by most newspapers, the Chicago Daily News gave Sandburg a unique forum to express his views on the burgeoning film art.

"The Movies Are" compiles hundreds of Sandburg's writings on film including reviews for such silent Classics as Greed, The Gold Rush, The Thief of Bagdad, Nanook of the North, The Sheik, Little Lord Fauntleroy, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Safety Last, and the "holy grail" of lost films, Lon Chaney's London After Midnight.

$ 17.95  (20.2 oz)