Table of Contents

Contents Introduction. City of Intrigue and Mystery by Paul Spehr 1. Fort Lee: Legend and Reality 2. Into the Woods 3. Biograph 4. 'The Curtain Pole' 5. Champion 6. Edgewater, Cliffside, Grantwood, Ridgefield... 7. Eclair 8. Solax 9. Pathe 10. Willat-Triangle 11. Peerless-World 12. Cartoon Department 13. Fox 14. Brenon-Ideal 15. Paragon 16. The Film Town 17. Universal 18. Goldwyn 19. Selznick 20. Fort Lee Talks 21. Why Did the Studios Leave Fort Lee?

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Why did the "moving picture men" establish themselves so firmly in Fort Lee in the first place?

About the Author

Richard Koszarski is a member of the Fort Lee Film Commission and Associate Professor of English and Cinema Studies at Rutgers University. He lives in Fort Lee, New Jersey.