This list contains the titles of films which were shot entirely or partially in Santa Cruz County, California. The year in front of the film title is the release date. If that date was not found, then the shoot date is given, designated by an "s."
Each title is followed by a listing of local newspaper articles, with links to the full texts of many of the articles from the 1910's and 1920's. The Santa Cruz Public Libraries Central Branch has the majority of these articles on microfilm. The remainder can be found in the library's newspaper clipping file.
"Makes Long Trip For Wagon Tongues; One Of The Expensive Details In The Production Of 'The Danites' Soon To Be Acted Out By The Selig People In The Hills Back Of The City--Local People Will Have Minor Parts." Santa Cruz Evening News, October 19, 1911, p.2 [full text]
"Selig Players Arrive." Santa Cruz Evening News, October 21, 1911, p.1 [full text]
"Motion Picture Company; Actors For Selig Company Are On The Hills Today." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, October 21, 1911, p.1 [full text]
"Deacon Sam Fowler Is Hit In 'The Danites'." Santa Cruz Evening News, October 23, 1911, p.6 [full text]
"Taking Motion Pictures; A Picturesque Outfit Leaves Town Yesterday Morning." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, October 23, 1911, p.6 [full text]
Sawyer, Preston. "Santa Cruz Yesterdays." Santa Cruz Sentinel, April 21, 1957, p.20
Swift, Carolyn. "This Was A Favorite Filming Spot In The Early Days Of Movies." Cabrillo Times & Green Sheet, October 28, 1976, p.16
Swift, Carolyn. "Movie Makers Liked Mountains, Big Trees For Film Backdrop." Cabrillo Times & Green Sheet, November 4, 1976, p.11
Swift, Carolyn. "Dreams Of Stardom In Early Santa Cruz County." The Mid-County Post, January 7, 1992, pp.9-10
"Actors Chop Cowell's Wood." Santa Cruz Evening News, September 29, 1911, p.5 [full text]
"We Are Discovered By The Selig Company." Santa Cruz Evening News, September 25, 1911, p.6 [full text]
"Santa Cruz To Be Scene Of Moving Picture Enactments." Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel, September 26, 1911, p.1 [full text]
"To Take Moving Pictures; Hills Of Santa Cruz A Setting For Enactments For Show House." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, September 26, 1911, p.1 [full text]
"Selig Players Are Here." Santa Cruz Evening News, September 28, 1911, p.2 [full text]
"Actors Chop Cowell's Wood." Santa Cruz Evening News, September 29, 1911, p.5 [full text]
"Motion Picture Company; Actors For Selig Company Are On The Hills Today." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, October 21, 1911, p.1 [full text]
Note: The film is based on the story "Salomy Jane's Kiss" by Bret Harte.
McCrackin, Josephine Clifford. "Bret Harte in 'The Movies': An Appreciation of the Film Form in Which the Great California Author's Literary Masterpieces are Being Revived." Overland Monthly, June 1915, pp.487-497 [full text]
McCrackin, Josephine Clifford. "Among The Movies." Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel, August 23, 1917, p.4 [full text]
Gibson, Ross Eric. "Hollywood Came To Santa Cruz: Huge Redwoods Seen As Western Backdrops." San Jose Mercury News, February 1, 1994, p.1B [full text]
Leonard, James P. "The Lily Of Poverty Flat: A Visit To Mimic Pioneer Village Where Movies Are Being Made." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, February 16, 1915, p.8 [full text]
"Paramount Stars In Ben Lomond; Filming Salomy Jane." Santa Cruz Evening News, April 6, 1923, p.1 [full text]
Note: The film is based on the poems "Her Letter," "His Answer," and "Her Last Letter" by Bret Harte.
Leonard, James P. "The Lily Of Poverty Flat: A Visit To Mimic Pioneer Village Where Movies Are Being Made." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, February 16, 1915, p.8 [full text]
McCrackin, Josephine Clifford. "Bret Harte in 'The Movies': An Appreciation of the Film Form in Which the Great California Author's Literary Masterpieces are Being Revived." Overland Monthly, June 1915, pp.487-497 [full text]
McCrackin, Josephine Clifford. "Among The Movies." Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel, August 23, 1917, p.4 [full text]
Gibson, Ross Eric. "Hollywood Came To Santa Cruz: Huge Redwoods Seen As Western Backdrops." San Jose Mercury News, February 1, 1994, p.1B [full text]
Argument with Colonel Starbottle
Lilly on the main street of Poverty Flat
Scene in the Jumping Frog Saloon
Studio photo of Beatriz Michelena
Note: "The Renegade" was the working title. The film is based on "The Renegade" by Paul Armstrong.
"The New Title." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, June 26, 1916, p.4 [full text]
Note: The film is based on the novel of the same title by Bret Harte.
McCrackin, Josephine Clifford. "Bret Harte in 'The Movies': An Appreciation of the Film Form in Which the Great California Author's Literary Masterpieces are Being Revived." Overland Monthly, June 1915, pp.487-497 [full text]
The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
"Ben Lomond Notes." The Mountain Echo, October 30, 1915, p.4
Note: The film is based on the story of the same title by C. Gardner Sullivan.
Snell, Earle. "Us Folks on the Film; A California Mountain Town That Has Gone Stark Movie-Mad." Sunset, The Pacific Monthly, March 1918, pp.43-46 [full text]
"Santa Cruz Motion Pictures: Business Men And Other Invited Guests Witness The Films." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, April 7, 1916, p.8 [full text]
O'Keeffe, John M. "At the Fer-Dal Studio: Finishing the First Film Backed by Santa Cruz Scenery." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, April 4, 1916, p.3 [full text]
Sawyer, Preston. "Santa Cruz Yesterdays." April 21, 1957, p.20
Swift, Carolyn. "This Was A Favorite Filming Spot In The Early Days Of Movies." Cabrillo Times & Green Sheet, October 28, 1976, p.16
"Two More Local Films Accepted." Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel, June 4, 1916, p.1 [full text]
"Two More Local Films Accepted." Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel, June 4, 1916, p.1 [full text]
Note: The film is based on "In The Carquinez Woods" by Bret Harte. "In The Carquinez Woods" and "The Carquinez Woods" were the working titles.
McCrackin, Josephine Clifford. "Bret Harte in 'The Movies': An Appreciation of the Film Form in Which the Great California Author's Literary Masterpieces are Being Revived." Overland Monthly, June 1915, pp.487-497 [full text]
Snell, Earle. "Us Folks on the Film; A California Mountain Town That Has Gone Stark Movie-Mad." Sunset, The Pacific Monthly, March 1918, pp.43-46 [full text]
Note: The film is based on the novel, "The Primal Lure: A Romance of Fort Lu Cerne," by Vingie E. Roe.
Main, H. H. "Santa Cruz Is Vacation Land And Home Land For All; Nature's Gifts and Man's Work." Santa Cruz Evening News, May 28, 1921, p.2 [full text]
Swift, Carolyn. "This Was A Favorite Filming Spot In The Early Days Of Movies." Cabrillo Times & Green Sheet, October 28, 1976, p.16
Swift, Carolyn. "Dreams Of Stardom In Early Santa Cruz County." The Mid-County Post, January 7, 1992, pp.9-10
"Another Movie Company: An Early California Play To Be Put On." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, April 7, 1917, p.8 [full text]
Leonard, James P. "'Sea Urchin' Is Enacted At Park Studio." Santa Cruz Evening News, May 16, 1916, p.7 [full text]
"'The Sea Urchin' Has All The Elements Of A Good Strong Two Reel Film." Santa Cruz Evening News, May 18, 1916, p.4 [full text]
Films studios at DeLaveaga: laboratory
Films studios at DeLaveaga: stage
Scene on beach location: Sea Urchin and her sweetheart.
"First Production of La Petite Co." Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel, August 15, 1916, p.8 [full text]
"Two Full Houses Attend Showing of Local Film." Santa Cruz Evening News, August 16, 1916, p.5 [full text]
"The Movies: Jewel Theater Program." Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel, August 16, 1916, p.8 [full text]
Heroine (Judith Parker) in tree.
Films studios at DeLaveaga: laboratory
Films studios at DeLaveaga: stage
"Smugglers Captured In Caves On Cliff Drive." Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel, June 10, 1916, p.3 [full text]
"The New Title." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, June 26, 1916, p.4 [full text]
"Two More Local Films Accepted." Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel, June 4, 1916, p.1 [full text]
"'Sprite Of The Breakers' Great." Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel, June 13, 1916, p.8 [full text]
"The Local Movies." Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel, April 19, 1916, p.5 [full text]
"First Movie Shooting: Fer Dal Motion Picture Company Operates In City Today." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, March 6, 1916, p.8 [full text]
O'Keeffe, John M. "At The Fer-Dal Studio: Finishing The First Film Backed By Santa Cruz Scenery." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, April 4, 1916, p.3 [full text]
"Santa Cruz Film On The Screen: Displayed At The Princess Theater Before Capacity Houses." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, April 5, 1916, p.6 [full text]
Sawyer, Preston. "Santa Cruz Yesterdays." April 21, 1957, p.20
Swift, Carolyn. "This Was A Favorite Filming Spot In The Early Days Of Movies." Cabrillo Times & Green Sheet, October 28, 1976, p.16
"A Seashore Film Story." Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel, June 23, 1916, p.3 [full text]
Note: The film is based on the play "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" by Eugene Walter and the book of the same name by John William Fox, Jr..
Main, H. H. "Santa Cruz Is Vacation Land And Home Land For All; Nature's Gifts and Man's Work." Santa Cruz Evening News, May 28, 1921, p.2 [full text]
Sawyer, Preston. "Santa Cruz Yesterdays." Santa Cruz Sentinel, June 17, 1956, p. 16
Swift, Carolyn. "This Was A Favorite Filming Spot In The Early Days Of Movies." Cabrillo Times & Green Sheet, October 28, 1976, p.16
Swift, Carolyn. "Dreams Of Stardom In Early Santa Cruz County." The Mid-County Post, January 7, 1992, pp.9-10
Gibson, Ross Eric. "In 1917, A Star-Struck Santa Cruz: Fans Flocked To Pickfords." San Jose Mercury News, February 8, 1994, p.1B
"Mary Pickford in Person at Santa Cruz: Will Be Here in a Few Days for Scenes in Freckles." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, February 26, 1917, p.3 [full text]
O'Keeffe, John M. "At The Fer-Dal Studio: Finishing The First Film Backed By Santa Cruz Scenery." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, April 4, 1916, p. 3 [full text]
Sawyer, Preston. "Santa Cruz Yesterdays." Santa Cruz Sentinel, April 21, 1957, p.20
Swift, Carolyn. "This Was A Favorite Filming Spot In The Early Days Of Movies." Cabrillo Times & Green Sheet, October 28, 1976, p.16
Swift, Carolyn. "Dreams Of Stardom In Early Santa Cruz County." The Mid-County Post, January 7, 1992, pp.9-10
Note: The film is based on the fairy tale "Hansel und Gretel" collected in "Kinder und Hausmärchen" compiled by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm.
"Juvenile Movie Company Arrives: The Fox Film Company To Produce Babes In The Wood In Santa Cruz Redwoods." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, March 26, 1917, p.8 [full text]
"Movie People At Big Basin: Fox Juvenile Company In The Wood; Robards Put On Scene." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, March 27, 1917, p.8 [full text]
"Local Children In Movies: Are Having A Great Day At The Powder Mill Canyon." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, April 2, 1917, p.8 [full text]
"Fox Juvenile Company Leaves: Crowds Of Santa Cruz Children In "Babes In The Woods." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, April 4, 1917, p.8 [full text]
Swift, Carolyn. "This Was A Favorite Filming Spot In The Early Days Of Movies." Cabrillo Times & Green Sheet, October 28, 1976, p.16
"Mob Movie Scene: Children To Participate On Monday At The Powder Mill Flat." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, March 31, 1917, p.8
"Child Star, Known Here, Signed by New S. F. Film Company." Santa Cruz Evening News, November 3, 1922, p.5
"Ince Company Filming Story." Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel, April 11, 1917, p.8 [full text]
Main, H. H. "Santa Cruz Is Vacation Land And Home Land For All; Nature's Gifts and Man's Work." Santa Cruz Evening News, May 28, 1921, p.2 [full text]
Note: The film is based on the novel of the same name by Gene Stratton-Porter.
"Mary Pickford In Person At Santa Cruz: Will Be Here In A Few Days For Scenes In Freckles." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, February 26, 1917, p.3 [full text]
"Jack Pickford Arrives: The Lasky Company To Act "Freckles" For The Films." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, March 7, 1917, p.8 [full text]
"Movies Near Boulder: Lasky Company Amid Most Beautiful Mountain Scenery." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, March 10, 1917, p.8 [full text]
"Jack Pickford Leaves: Lasky Company Spends Nearly Three Weeks Here." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, March 22, 1917, p.8 [full text]
Snell, Earle. "Us Folks on the Film; A California Mountain Town That Has Gone Stark Movie-Mad." Sunset, The Pacific Monthly, March 1918, pp.43-46 [full text]
Gibson, Ross Eric. "In 1917, A Star-Struck Santa Cruz: Fans Flocked To Pickfords."San Jose Mercury News, February 8, 1994, p.1B
"Santa Cruz In The Films; Notes Up To Date." Santa Cruz Evening News, March 1, 1917, p.5 [full text]
"Jack Pickford Here Tomorrow: The Rolard Company Arrives on Sunday." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, March 5, 1917, p.8
"Mary Pickford Leaves; Realistic Murder Trial In Court Room - Miss Huff Lands A Trout." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, March 19, 1917, p.8 [full text]
"Fifty Movie Actors To Arrive: George Beban Will Be The Star Of The Play." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, October 3, 1917, p.3 [full text]
Note: "The Girl Of The Timberlands" was the working title. It is based on the story "The Girl Homesteader" by Mary H. O'Connor. The film was shot in 1916 but released in 1917.
"Griffith's Star Movie Players Are Staging Scenes Here." Santa Cruz Evening News, December 8, 1916, p.1 [full text]
"Griffith Movie Players Will Arrive Today." Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel, December 8, 1916, p.2 [full text]
"Movie Troupe Is Quick To Get To Work." Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel, December 9, 1916, p.2 [full text]
"Santa Cruz In The Films; Notes Up To Date." Santa Cruz Evening News, March 1, 1917, p.5 [full text]
Swift, Carolyn. "This Was A Favorite Filming Spot In The Early Days Of Movies." Cabrillo Times & Green Sheet, October 28, 1976, p.16
Swift, Carolyn. "Dreams Of Stardom In Early Santa Cruz County." The Mid-County Post, January 7, 1992, pp.9-10
The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
Note: The American Film Institute Catalog remarks that although the film "was completed and was to be released 20 Mar 1917, no confirmation of its actual release has been found. It is possible that this is the same film as "When Destiny Wills," which was released to the state rights market in Mar 1918. All the cast members listed for "When Destiny Wills" were also listed for "Hell Hath No Fury."
"Another Movie Company: To Take Logging Camp Scenes Near Santa Cruz." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, January 8, 1917, p.4 [full text]
"Fifty Movie Actors To Arrive: George Beban Will Be The Star Of The Play." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, October 3, 1917, p.3 [full text]
Snell, Earle. "Us Folks on the Film; A California Mountain Town That Has Gone Stark Movie-Mad." Sunset, The Pacific Monthly, March 1918, pp.43-46 [full text]
"Movie Company in a Real Collision: Car with Actors Collides with Rev. H. E. Beeks' Machine." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, March 7, 1917, p.1 [full text]
"Shooting Pictures in Chinatown." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, March 8, 1917, p.8 [full text]
"Movies at Close Range: Two Hours Acting Takes Eight Seconds on the Reel." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, March 9, 1917, p.8 [full text]
McCrackin, Josephine Clifford. "Pathetic Scenes Are Enacted; Willis Robards Taking Leading Part." Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel, March 13, 1917, p.5 [full text]
"Stage Coach for Mary Pickford; The Robart Film Company Use Oldest Brick Building." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, March 16, 1917, p.8 [full text]
Mary Pickford Leaves; Realistic Murder Trial in Court Room--Miss Huff Lands a Trout." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, March 19, 1917, p.8 [full text]
McCrackin, Josephine Clifford. "Sunday Court Scenes of the Robard Players Attract Many People." Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel, March 20, 1917, p.5 [full text]
"Mob Movie Scene." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, March 31, 1917, p.8 [full text]
"Movie People in Accident: Delays the Blowing Up of Newspaper Office." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, April 5, 1917, p.1 [full text]
"Robards Film Players Now At Work At Capitol." Santa Cruz Evening News, April 12, 1917, p.8 [full text]
Gibson, Ross Eric. "Lost Film Mixed Politics, Love: 'Mothers Of Men' Created A Spectacle." San Jose Mercury News, February 15, 1994, p.1B
Swift, Carolyn. "This Was A Favorite Filming Spot In The Early Days Of Movies." Cabrillo Times & Green Sheet, October 28, 1976, p.16
Swift, Carolyn. "Dreams Of Stardom In Early Santa Cruz County." The Mid-County Post, January 7, 1992, pp.9-10
"Reid-Robards Plans for Releasing Pictures." Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel, March 13, 1917, p.5 [full text]
Note: "A Kentucky Schoolmaster" was the working title.
"Movie Company Arrives." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, July 7, 1917, p.8 [full text]
Material from the Barbara Giffen collection in the History Archives, Museum of Art and History at the McPherson Center, Santa Cruz, California
Note: "Peggy Takes The Lead" was the working title.
"Mary Miles Minter Here To Film Play." Santa Cruz Evening News, August 25, 1917, p.5 [full text]
"Miss Minter and Co. to Film Play at Ben Lomond." Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel, August 25, 1917, p.8 [full text]
Note: The film is based on the novel of the same name by Kate Douglas Wiggin.
Gibson, Ross Eric. "In 1917, A Star-Struck Santa Cruz: Fans Flocked To Pickfords." San Jose Mercury News, February 8, 1994, p.1B
Santa Cruz County History Journal, No. 1, 1994, p.112
Note: "In Other Men's Boots" was the working title.
"Stage Coach For Mary Pickford; The Robart Film Company Use Oldest Brick Building." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, March 16, 1917, p.8 [full text]
"Mary Pickford Leaves; Realistic Murder Trial In Court Room - Miss Huff Lands A Trout." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, March 19, 1917, p.8 [full text]
"Jack Pickford Arrives: The Lasky Company To Act "Freckles" For The Films." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, March 7, 1917, p.8 [full text]
Snell, Earle. "Us Folks on the Film; A California Mountain Town That Has Gone Stark Movie-Mad." Sunset, The Pacific Monthly, March 1918, pp.43-46 [full text]
Sawyer, Preston. "Santa Cruz Yesterdays." Santa Cruz Sentinel, June 17, 1956, p.16
Swift, Carolyn. "This Was A Favorite Filming Spot In The Early Days Of Movies." Cabrillo Times & Green Sheet, October 28, 1976, p.16
Jensen, Lisa. "On Location In Santa Cruz." Good Times, July 9, 1981, pp.14-15 [full text]
Christie, Dana. "Lights! Camera! Santa Cruz!" Visitors Guide, July 23-August 5, 1982, p.10
Swift, Carolyn. "Dreams Of Stardom In Early Santa Cruz County." The Mid-County Post, January 7, 1992, pp.9-10
Gibson, Ross Eric. "In 1917, A Star-Struck Santa Cruz: Fans Flocked To Pickfords." San Jose Mercury News, February 8, 1994, p.1B
"Fifty Movie Actors To Arrive: George Beban Will Be The Star Of The Play." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, October 3, 1917, p.3 [full text]
"Paramount Stars In Ben Lomond; Filming Salomy Jane." Santa Cruz Evening News, April 6, 1923, p.1 [full text]
Note: The film is based on the novel of the same name by Clarence Budington Kelland.
"Moving Picture Company Arrives to Film Scenes." Santa Cruz Evening News, April 17, 1922, p.4 [full text]
Snell, Earle. "Us Folks on the Film; A California Mountain Town That Has Gone Stark Movie-Mad." Sunset, The Pacific Monthly, March 1918, pp.43-46 [full text]
Main, H. H. "Santa Cruz Is Vacation Land And Home Land For All; Nature's Gifts and Man's Work." Santa Cruz Evening News, May 28, 1921, p.2 [full text]
"In Again, Out Again, Charlie." Santa Cruz Evening News, May 29, 1920, p.2 [full text]
Note: The film is based on the story by Alice McIver.
Snell, Earle. "Us Folks on the Film; A California Mountain Town That Has Gone Stark Movie-Mad." Sunset, The Pacific Monthly, March 1918, pp.43-46 [full text]
Note: The film was shot in 1917 but released and copyrighted in 1918.
"Felton At Mercy of Two Gun Hart And His Crowd." Santa Cruz Evening News, November 21, 1917, p.8 [full text]
"Ince Players Take Scenes Near Felton." Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel, November 22, 1917, p.5 [full text]
Note: The film was shot in 1917 but released and copyrighted in 1918.
"Photoplay Actors Here To Enact Film." Santa Cruz Evening News, May 7, 1917, p.8 [full text]
"Another Motion Picture Co.; The New York Motion Picture Company At Work." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, May 7, 1917, p.8 [full text]
Note: "Flare Up Sal Of Jimtown" was the working title. The film was shot in 1917 but released and copyrighted in 1918.
"Dorothy Dalton Starts Filming 'Flare Up Sal of Jimtown.'" Santa Cruz Evening News, October 20, 1917, p.4 [full text]
"Dorothy Dalton of Yukon Fame Arrives Today." Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel, October 20, 1917, p.4 [full text]
"Dorothy Dalton And Her Players Finish Their Work." Santa Cruz Evening News, October 27, 1917, p.1 [full text]
Note: The film is based on the novel "M'Liss: An Idyll of Red Mountain" by Bret Harte.
Gibson, Ross Eric. "In 1917, A Star-Struck Santa Cruz: Fans Flocked To Pickfords." San Jose Mercury News, February 8, 1994, p.1B
Note: The film was shot in 1917 but released and copyrighted in 1918.
"Mary Miles Minter Coming To Santa Cruz." Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel, May 16, 1917, p.4 [full text]
"American Film Players Arrive." Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel, May 19, 1917, p.4 [full text]
Note: The film is based on the novel by William J. Locke. It was shot in 1917 but released and copyrighted in 1918.
Gibson, Ross Eric. "In 1917, A Star-Struck Santa Cruz: Fans Flocked To Pickfords."San Jose Mercury News, February 8, 1994, p.1B
"Fifty Movie Actors To Arrive: George Beban Will Be The Star Of The Play." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, October 3, 1917, p.3 [full text]
Note: The film was shot in 1917 but released and copyrighted in 1918.
"The Movie Company." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, October 27, 1917, p.8 [full text]
Note: "Powers That Pray" was the working title. The film is based on the novel "Boston Blackie" by Jack Boyle. The novel was compiled from two short stories, "Boston Blackie's Mary" and "Fred The Count," which appeared in the "Red Book Magazine" in November 1917 and January 1918 respectively.
Sawyer, Preston. "Santa Cruz Yesterdays." Santa Cruz Sentinel, September 6, 1953, p.16
Note: "Madelon of The Redwoods" was the working title. The film is based on the novel "Madelon" by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman.
Preston, Sawyer. "Santa Cruz Yesterdays." Santa Cruz Sentinel, June 17, 1956, p.16
"Movie Camera Men Visitors." Santa Cruz Evening News, September 11, 1920, p.6 [full text]
Note: The American Film Institute Catalog remarks: "This film was produced in 1916 under the title "The Passion Flower." When the Robertson-Cole Co. obtained it in the spring of 1919, the film's title was "The Specific." The film was released in 1919 under the title "Heart Of Juanita."
"Santa Cruz Scenes On The Screen." Santa Cruz Evening News, May 18, 1920, p.8 [full text]
Note: The film was shot in 1917 but released in 1919.
McCrackin, Josephine Clifford. "New Film Story." Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel, October 17, 1917, p.2 [full text]
"Posing As Movie Actor." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, October 18, 1917, p.8 [full text]
Snell, Earle. "Us Folks on the Film; A California Mountain Town That Has Gone Stark Movie-Mad." Sunset, The Pacific Monthly, March 1918, pp.43-46 [full text]
"Film Company Finishes First Comedy Here." Santa Cruz Surf and Superior California Farmer, February 27, 1919, p.6 [full text]
Note: "The Dead Line" was the working title. The film was shot in 1917 but released in 1920.
"Miss Michelena In Boulder Creek; New Film Hinted." Santa Cruz Evening News, June 19, 1917, p.1 [full text]
"Beatriz Michelena To Film 'The Dead Line' At Boulder." Santa Cruz Evening News, June 23, 1917, p.1 [full text]
"Beatriz Michelena At Boulder Creek." Santa Cruz Daily Surf, June 30, 1917, p.8 [full text]
McCrackin, Josephine Clifford. "Among The Movies." Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel, August 23, 1917, p.4 [full text]
Main, H. H. "Santa Cruz Is Vacation Land And Home Land For All; Nature's Gifts and Man's Work." Santa Cruz Evening News, May 28, 1921, p.2 [full text]
Santa Cruz County History Journal, No. 1, 1994, p. 70 (referred to here as "Dead End.")
Note: The film is based on the novel "Seven Oaks" by James G. Holland.
Main, H. H. "Santa Cruz Is Vacation Land And Home Land For All; Nature's Gifts and Man's Work." Santa Cruz Evening News, May 28, 1921, p.2 [full text]
Sawyer, Preston. "Santa Cruz Yesterdays." Santa Cruz Sentinel, May 17, 1953, p.20
Swift, Carolyn. "This Was A Favorite Filming Spot In The Early Days Of Movies." Cabrillo Times & Green Sheet, October 28, 1976, p.16
Note: The film was shot in 1919 but released and copyrighted in 1920.
"Film Players Make Long Trips to Big Timber; Actress Hurt." Santa Cruz Evening News, October 9, 1919, p.5 [full text]
"Movie Scenes Of Santa Cruz." Santa Cruz Evening News, November 29, 1920, p.2 [full text]
Sawyer, Preston. "Santa Cruz Yesterdays." Santa Cruz Sentinel, June 17, 1956, p.16
Swift, Carolyn. "Movie Makers Liked Mountains, Big Trees For Film Backdrop." Cabrillo Times & Green Sheet, November 4, 1976, p.11
Swift, Carolyn. "Dreams Of Stardom In Early Santa Cruz County." The Mid-County Post, January 7, 1992, pp.9-10
Note: The film is based on the play of the same name by Edward E. Kidder. It was shot and released in 1920 but copyrighted in 1921.
"Movie Company Here For Scene Effects." Santa Cruz Evening News, May 27, 1920, p.5 [full text]
"In Again, Out Again, Charlie." Santa Cruz Evening News, May 29, 1920, p.2 [full text]
Sawyer, Preston. "Santa Cruz Yesterdays." Santa Cruz Sentinel, May 17, 1953, p.20
Note: The film was shot and released in 1920 but copyrighted in 1921.
"Another Movie Company to Film Local Redwoods." Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel, January 18, 1920, p.8 [full text]
"Movie People Could Not Be Accommodated." Santa Cruz Morning Sentinel, January 22, 1920, p.8 [full text]
"Thief Steals Bill Hart's Best Saddle." Santa Cruz Evening News, March 13, 1920, p.4 [full text]
"Many Watch Hart Company Sunday." Santa Cruz Evening News, March 30, 1920, p.2 [full text]
Swift, Carolyn. "This Was A Favorite Filming Spot In The Early Days Of Movies." Cabrillo Times & Green Sheet, October 28, 1976, p.16
Swift, Carolyn. "America's Cowboy Hero Had His Saddle Stolen While Filming In Felton." Cabrillo Times & Green Sheet, November 11, 1976, p.8
Jensen, Lisa. "On Location In Santa Cruz." Good Times, July 9, 1981, pp.14-15 [full text]
Christie, Dana. "Lights! Camera! Santa Cruz!" Visitors Guide, July 23-August 5, 1982, p.10
Swift, Carolyn. "Dreams Of Stardom In Early Santa Cruz County." The Mid-County Post, January 7, 1992, pp.9-10
Main, H. H. "Santa Cruz Is Vacation Land And Home Land For All; Nature's Gifts and Man's Work." Santa Cruz Evening News, May 28, 1921, p.2 [full text]
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