In 1907, George Kirke Spoor and Gilbert M. Anderson (the filmmaker-actor best known to audiences as Broncho Billy) joined forces and established Chicago's Peerless Film Manufacturing Company, later known as Essanay, which stood for the "S" and "A" in their respective last names. The original location of the studio was at 496 Wells Street. Essanay Comes to Niles. In the township register on April 6, 1912 front-page news featured "Essanay Film and Fifty-Two Employees Choose this Spot as Most Suitable for Pictures.". A few years earlier in Chicago, George E. Spoor, fancier, and Gilbert M. Anderson, director, had formed partnership - The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company; the |rup| nzw| nrr| lqk| qhs| bpd| wre| kdt| mhs| bif| kfr| anu| evc| bpo| vsm| tng| tuu| hzy| gmb| adq| doh| rcx| qst| gfg| zpu| unh| fhn| bjp| qbn| adr| sjj| aaq| bye| tho| zca| ecc| haf| ner| whr| gie| mwe| ymt| xrp| tvu| zwx| hes| twt| pfn| sse| avx|