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Description

1. 296 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm

Summary

1. "In this exciting first-hand account of an unexpected cinematic discovery, Michael Gates delves into the history behind a hoard of silent films found buried beneath the permafrost of an Arctic gold rush town. In 1978, hundreds of reels of silent films were unearthed from beneath the demolished site of an old hockey arena in Dawson City, Yukon. Author Michael Gates witnessed the cinematic discovery of these once-lost films--and in this book excavates and illuminates the history of a gold rush town like no other. An event in the most unlikely of places and circumstances, the Klondike gold rush was unique in the history of Canada and the development of the North. Dawson City, the "Paris of the North," was the hub of the Klondike gold rush 125 years ago. There were more saloons, gambling halls and theatres than there were places serving food, and the live theatre was at the centre of it all. Discover the icons who went from the Klondike to Hollywood: Robert Service, Jack London, Charlie Chaplin, Alexander Pantages, Sid Grauman, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Marjorie Rambeau and more. Join Gates on this cinematic journey as he ponders the question: Did the Klondike help make Hollywood, or did Hollywood make the Klondike? Crafted from Gates's first-hand experience and extensive research, Hollywood in the Klondike casts a spotlight on an exciting piece of Canadian history."--

Subject

1. Motion pictures > Yukon > Dawson > History
2. Motion picture film collections > Yukon > Dawson > History
3. Silent films > Yukon > Dawson > History and criticism
4. Motion picture film > Preservation > History. > Yukon > Dawson
5. Amusements > Yukon > Dawson > History
6. Motion picture film collections
7. Motion picture film > Preservation
8. Motion pictures
9. Silent films
10. Motion picture film
11. Amusements
12. Dawson (Yukon) > History
13. Yukon > Dawson

Genre/Form

1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
2. History.

Call number

1. MFL 23-4001

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-269) and index.

Additional formats (note)

1. Issued also in electronic format.

Author

1. Gates, Michael (Historian), author.

Title

1. Hollywood in the Klondike : Dawson City's great film find / Michael Gates.

Publisher

1. Madeira Park, BC : Lost Moose, [2022]

Copyright date

1. ©2022

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-269) and index.

Additional formats

1. Issued also in electronic format.

Other form:

1. Online version: Gates, Michael (Historian) Hollywood in the Klondike. Madeira Park, British Columbia : Lost Moose, 2022 1550179977 9781550179972 (OCoLC)1317772693

ISBN

1. 9781550179965 (hardcover)
2. 1550179969 (hardcover)

Research call number

1. MFL 23-4001