Pennsylvania's Hollywood: Betzwood

Hollywood was not the only filmmaking town in America. This video offers an in-depth look at the Betzwood Studio in Pennsylvania, seated on the Schuylkill River. Operating next to the Pennsylvania Railroad and on 340 acres of a former brewmaster's estate, Betzwood churned out over a thousand films from 1910-1917. What caused this imaginative studio to go bankrupt? Was it due to World War I, patent infringement, antitrust cases or unpopularity of founder Siegmund Lubin?

Sources:

Digital History from Montgomery County Community College, https://library.mc3.edu/betzwood/studios/betz-mansion ; https://library.mc3.edu/betzwood/lubin ;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betzwood

Main Line Media News, https://www.mainlinemedianews.com/2004/05/03/remembering-betzwood-studio-hollywood-on-the-schuylkill/

Antique Photographia, https://www.antiquephotographica.info/LUBIN%20CINEOGRAPH%20LENS%20WEB%20DETAIL%207-6-2018.htm

Brewery Gems, https://www.brewerygems.com/betz.htm

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