W. H. Clune
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William "Billy" H. Clune was a railroad property developer, film exchange and then theater chain owner, film studio owner, and film producer.
He owned a chain of theaters in Southerm California.[1] He launched his studio in 1915.[2] His film productions were based on novels.[3] His first production was Ramona (1916 film).[4]
He played hardball with conpetitors.[5] He came into dispute with Nell Shipman]] over their film projects together.[6]
He is buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in a crypt.
Clune was an investor in Epoch Film Producing Corp.[7] Birth of a Nation, originally released as The Clansman in February 1915, had its world premiere at Clune's Auditorium in Hollywood.[8]
Filmography
- Ramona (1916 film) (1916), based the book Ramona by Helen Hunt Jackson about life in California's early days[9]
- The Eyes of the World (1917), from Harold Bell Wright's story
- From Manger to Cross
- A Bear, a Boy and a Dog by Nell Shipman[10]
- The Girl From God's Country (1920)[11]
- The Eyes of the World, filmed in Redlands adapted from the Harold Bell Wright story
References
- ^ "Los Angeles Herald 26 December 1916 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu.
- ^ "The Editor". May 9, 1915 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Los Angeles Herald 26 June 1915 — California Digital Newspaper Collection". cdnc.ucr.edu.
- ^ "Ramona (1916) - Notes - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
- ^ Jura, Jean-Jacques; II, Rodney Norman Bardin (13 August 2015). "Balboa Films: A History and Filmography of the Silent Film Studio". McFarland – via Google Books.
- ^ "Nell Shipman – Women Film Pioneers Project". wfpp.cdrs.columbia.edu.
- ^ "History".
- ^ lmharnisch (9 February 2012). "Over Protests of Racism, 'The Clansman' Opens in Los Angeles".
- ^ "Motography". May 9, 1916 – via Google Books.
- ^ Bean, Jennifer M.; Negra, Diane (21 November 2002). "A Feminist Reader in Early Cinema". Duke University Press – via Google Books.
- ^ "MSS 81 154". digital.boisestate.edu.