Fifty Before '50: The Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
by JBWe are simply passing through history, Dr. Jones. This... this IS history. This past weekend I had occasion to finally visit a wonderful place, the Niles Essanay Film Museum in Fremont, California. The museum stands today where the old Essanay studio once stood, famous because it birthed the career of cowboy star “Bronco Billy” Anderson (The “A” in “Essanay”*) and briefly hosted Charlie Chaplin when he was between studios in Chicago, Illinois and Hollywood, California.**Chaplin made a total of five two-reelers at the Niles Studio in 1915: A Night Out, The Champion, In the Park, A Jitney…
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