Motion picture industry -- Oregon -- Portland
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Lew Cook
Oral history interview with Lew Cook conducted by Martha Gies in two sessions on June 20 and June 26, 1979. Cook discusses the difficulty of safely storing nitrate film, which can spontaneously combust; talks about spending time at Portland’s Film Row in the early 1920s; and describes running his own business showing films in towns around Oregon.
Orlando J. "Banjo" Miller photographic collection
Small collection of black and white photographs depicting Orlando J. "Banjo" Miller at various events promoting theaters and the war effort, and with his wife, Maude Miller.
Only the brave
Typescript screenplay for the movie "Flames" (working title: "Only the Brave") filmed in Portland, Oregon, 1926, and directed by Lewis Moomaw. Action involves a rescue from a forest fire.