Silent Films in St. Augustine

Before Hollywood, when America's rising motion picture industry was based on the East Coast, early film stars like Rudolph Valentino, Ethel Barrymore, and Oliver Hardy made movies in St. Augustine, Florida. Silent Films in St. Augustine tells stories of the leading film producers and actors who escaped New York winters—and kept the studio doors open—in St. Augustine’s sunshine and warm weather.

More than 120 films were made in St. Augustine from 1906 to 1926 by film companies such as Thanhou...