Description: The story of the Star Film Ranch and its pioneering crew, who created the first "authentic" Westerns filmed in Texas.
Review Quotes: The First Movie Studio in Texas is a detailed and remarkably complete history of Gaston Méliès's Star Film Company. It will be an essential source for anyone interested in the films or the fascinating people involved with the company, and it makes an important contribution to the scholarship on the history of filmmaking in Texas.--Eric Hoyt, author of Ink-Stained Hollywood: The Triumph of American Cinema's Trade Press