Norman Studios

In the early 20th century when New York - not California, was the home of the silent film industry, Jacksonville, Florida, was known as the “World’s Winter Movie Capital.”

By 1917, some 30 studios had produced over 300 movies there. ...

The Norman Studios

In the 1920s, Richard E. Norman (1891-1960) a white filmmaker and distributor of silent films, produced a number of works using all African American casts and crews. This was during the era of a rising racism, including the resurgence of ...