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{{Infobox person
| name = Francis Boggs
| name = Francis Boggs
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| image = Francis Boggs looking right bw.jpg
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| birth_date = March 1870
| birth_date = March 1870
| birth_place = [[Santa Rosa, California|Santa Rosa]], [[California]], U.S.
| birth_place = [[Santa Rosa, California|Santa Rosa]], [[California]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and given age|1911|10|27|41}}
| death_date = {{death date and given age|1911|10|27|41}}
| death_place = [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.
| death_place = [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.
| burial_place = [[Graceland Cemetery]]
| othername =
| occupation = [[Film director]]
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| occupation = [[Film director]]
| years_active = [[1907 in film|1907]]–[[1911 in film|1911]]
| years_active = [[1907 in film|1907]]–[[1911 in film|1911]]
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[[File:Filming scene TheGirlsOfTheRange 1910.jpg|thumb|Francis Boggs, with his back to the camera, directs a scene for ''[[The Girls of the Range]]'', 1910.]]
[[File:Filming scene TheGirlsOfTheRange 1910.jpg|thumb|Francis Boggs, with his back to the camera, directs a scene for ''[[The Girls of the Range]]'', 1910.]]
In Chicago in 1908, he made ''[[The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays]]'', which had its writer, [[L. Frank Baum]], present a slide show and films as a live travelogue presentation of his [[Land of Oz|Oz]] story. In March 1909, he returned to the [[West Coast of the United States|west coast]], where he filmed ''In the Sultan’s Power'', one of the first motion pictures completely made in Los Angeles. He left Los Angeles in April to go on location in [[Yosemite National Park|Yosemite]] and [[Oakland, California|Oakland]] in California and the [[Hood River (Oregon)|Hood River Valley]] in [[Oregon]]. In October, Boggs returned to Los Angeles and rented a small bungalow in the [[Edendale, Los Angeles, California|Edendale]] district as a permanent base from which he operated a west coast satellite studio for Selig. Other [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]] studios soon began filming on the west coast to take advantage of its moderate climate. Among people Boggs started in the [[film industry]] were actor-director [[Hobart Bosworth]], actor-director [[Robert Z. Leonard]], cowboy star [[Art Acord]], and actresses [[Betty Harte]], [[Bessie Eyton]], and [[Bebe Daniels]]. (''[[The Sergeant (1910 film)|The Sergeant]]'', a Western short in Yosemite produced and directed by Boggs and written and starring Bosworth, was released in September 1910.) He also gave [[Roscoe Arbuckle|Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle]] his first movie work, 1909's ''[[Ben's Kid]]'', and made four [[Short subject|short film]]s with him.
In Chicago in 1908, he made ''[[The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays]]'', which had its writer, [[L. Frank Baum]], present a slide show and films as a live travelogue presentation of his [[Land of Oz|Oz]] story. In March 1909, he returned to the [[West Coast of the United States|west coast]], where he filmed ''In the Sultan’s Power'', one of the first motion pictures completely made in Los Angeles. He left Los Angeles in April to go on location in [[Yosemite National Park|Yosemite]] and [[Oakland, California|Oakland]] in California and the [[Hood River (Oregon)|Hood River Valley]] in [[Oregon]]. In October, Boggs returned to Los Angeles and rented a small bungalow in the [[Edendale, Los Angeles, California|Edendale]] district as a permanent base from which he operated a west coast satellite studio for Selig. Other [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]] studios soon began filming on the west coast to take advantage of its moderate climate. Among people Boggs started in the [[film industry]] were actor-director [[Hobart Bosworth]], actor-director [[Robert Z. Leonard]], cowboy star [[Art Acord]], and actresses [[Betty Harte]], [[Bessie Eyton]], and [[Bebe Daniels]]. (''[[The Sergeant (1910 film)|The Sergeant]]'', a Western short in Yosemite produced and directed by Boggs and written and starring Bosworth, was released in September 1910.) He also gave [[Roscoe Arbuckle|Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle]] his first movie work, 1909's ''[[Ben's Kid]]'', and made four [[Short subject|short film]]s with him.

[[File:Grave of Francis Winter Boggs (1870–1911) at Graceland Cemetery, Chicago.jpg|thumb|right|Boggs' grave at Graceland Cemetery]]


Boggs was shot to death by Frank Minnimatsu on October 27, 1911, when Minnimatsu, a caretaker and janitor, became violently deranged.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nippon Killer Blandly Smiles. Japanese Caretaker of Moving Picture Studio, Who Killed Manager of Concern Because He "Knew He Was Bad Man" Is Bound Over Charged. |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/348208812.html?dids=348208812:348208812&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Nov+09%2C+1911&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=NIPPON+KILLER+BLANDLY+SMILES.&pqatl=google |quote=Frank Minnimatsu, the Japanese janitor who shot and killed Francis Boggs, manager of the moving picture company which has a studio in Edendale, was given a preliminary examination before Police Judge Rose yesterday and held for trial in the Superior Court. |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=November 9, 1911 |accessdate=2008-07-16 }}</ref> Studio owner Selig tried to wrestle the gun away from the man and he too was shot, wounded in the arm. Ironically, that same day in 1911, [[David Horsley]] and [[Al Christie]] set up their [[Nestor Studios]] in Hollywood, sounding the death knell for Edendale as the film production center of Los Angeles. Within two years, more than a dozen film companies would follow Boggs' example and establish facilities in and around Los Angeles.
Boggs was shot to death by Frank Minnimatsu on October 27, 1911, when Minnimatsu, a caretaker and janitor, became violently deranged.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nippon Killer Blandly Smiles. Japanese Caretaker of Moving Picture Studio, Who Killed Manager of Concern Because He "Knew He Was Bad Man" Is Bound Over Charged. |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/348208812.html?dids=348208812:348208812&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Nov+09%2C+1911&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=NIPPON+KILLER+BLANDLY+SMILES.&pqatl=google |quote=Frank Minnimatsu, the Japanese janitor who shot and killed Francis Boggs, manager of the moving picture company which has a studio in Edendale, was given a preliminary examination before Police Judge Rose yesterday and held for trial in the Superior Court. |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=November 9, 1911 |accessdate=2008-07-16 }}</ref> Studio owner Selig tried to wrestle the gun away from the man and he too was shot, wounded in the arm. Ironically, that same day in 1911, [[David Horsley]] and [[Al Christie]] set up their [[Nestor Studios]] in Hollywood, sounding the death knell for Edendale as the film production center of Los Angeles. Within two years, more than a dozen film companies would follow Boggs' example and establish facilities in and around Los Angeles.


Boggs was buried at [[Graceland Cemetery]] in Chicago.
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Boggs' film ''The Sergeant'' was part of a group of seventy-five early American films found in New Zealand in 2010; the film was preserved by the [[Academy Film Archive]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Preserved Projects|url=https://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=&filmmaker=boggs&category=All&collection=All|website=Academy Film Archive}}</ref>

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His film ''The Sergeant'' was part of a group of seventy-five early American films found in New Zealand in 2010; the film was preserved by the [[Academy Film Archive]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Preserved Projects|url=https://www.oscars.org/academy-film-archive/preserved-projects?title=&filmmaker=boggs&category=All&collection=All|website=Academy Film Archive}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 15:30, 27 September 2021

Francis Boggs
BornMarch 1870
Santa Rosa, California, U.S.
Died (aged 41)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Burial placeGraceland Cemetery
OccupationFilm director
Years active1907–1911

Francis Winter Boggs (March 1870 – October 27, 1911) was an American stage actor and pioneer silent film director. He was one of the first to direct a film in Hollywood.

Biography

He was born in Santa Rosa, California to George W. Boggs and Alabama McMeans.[1] While in his teens he began acting with the Alcazar stock company in San Francisco and toured the American southwest. In 1900, he moved to Los Angeles, but in 1902, he went to Chicago, where he continued to work in theatre. There, he met William Nicholas Selig and in 1907 became involved with the making of motion pictures at Selig's Polyscope studios in Chicago. With cameraman and jack of all trades Thomas Persons, Boggs made one of his earliest films, Monte Cristo. He completed the interior shots at the Chicago studio, but shot the scenes of Edmond Dantès emerging from the sea at the beach near Los Angeles.

Francis Boggs, with his back to the camera, directs a scene for The Girls of the Range, 1910.

In Chicago in 1908, he made The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays, which had its writer, L. Frank Baum, present a slide show and films as a live travelogue presentation of his Oz story. In March 1909, he returned to the west coast, where he filmed In the Sultan’s Power, one of the first motion pictures completely made in Los Angeles. He left Los Angeles in April to go on location in Yosemite and Oakland in California and the Hood River Valley in Oregon. In October, Boggs returned to Los Angeles and rented a small bungalow in the Edendale district as a permanent base from which he operated a west coast satellite studio for Selig. Other East Coast studios soon began filming on the west coast to take advantage of its moderate climate. Among people Boggs started in the film industry were actor-director Hobart Bosworth, actor-director Robert Z. Leonard, cowboy star Art Acord, and actresses Betty Harte, Bessie Eyton, and Bebe Daniels. (The Sergeant, a Western short in Yosemite produced and directed by Boggs and written and starring Bosworth, was released in September 1910.) He also gave Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle his first movie work, 1909's Ben's Kid, and made four short films with him.

Boggs' grave at Graceland Cemetery

Boggs was shot to death by Frank Minnimatsu on October 27, 1911, when Minnimatsu, a caretaker and janitor, became violently deranged.[2] Studio owner Selig tried to wrestle the gun away from the man and he too was shot, wounded in the arm. Ironically, that same day in 1911, David Horsley and Al Christie set up their Nestor Studios in Hollywood, sounding the death knell for Edendale as the film production center of Los Angeles. Within two years, more than a dozen film companies would follow Boggs' example and establish facilities in and around Los Angeles.

Boggs was buried at Graceland Cemetery in Chicago.

His film The Sergeant was part of a group of seventy-five early American films found in New Zealand in 2010; the film was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.[3]

References

  1. ^ Drew, William L. "California's First Film Studio". Early Hollywood Films and Movie Stars. William L. Drew. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  2. ^ "Nippon Killer Blandly Smiles. Japanese Caretaker of Moving Picture Studio, Who Killed Manager of Concern Because He "Knew He Was Bad Man" Is Bound Over Charged". Los Angeles Times. November 9, 1911. Retrieved July 16, 2008. Frank Minnimatsu, the Japanese janitor who shot and killed Francis Boggs, manager of the moving picture company which has a studio in Edendale, was given a preliminary examination before Police Judge Rose yesterday and held for trial in the Superior Court.
  3. ^ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.

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