By Betsy J. Inexperienced
This silent film with the provocative title was launched by Santa Barbara’s “Flying A” studio in 1915. It was filmed on the first “Bellosguardo” million-dollar mansion when it was owned by the Graham household. (The current “Bellosguardo” mansion that’s described within the e book “Empty Mansions” by Invoice Dedmon is the ver. 2.0 version of the mansion, which was constructed after the 1925 earthquake.)
Again earlier than the Web, when the world was not so linked, I seen various instances the place two silent movies with the identical or comparable title had been unknowingly launched by two completely different studios. Typically one was filmed on the East Coast and one on the West Coast. Such was the case with this film.
Shortly earlier than the “Flying A” launched this film, one other studio launched a film titled, “The Home of a Thousand Candles,” and that studio promptly sued the “Flying A,” forcing them to alter the title to “Home of Scandals.” Ultimately, the go well with was determined within the favor of the “Flying A.”
Betsy’s Approach Again When e book — Films & Million-Greenback Mansions — is now out there in native bookstores and at Amazon.com. That is the seventh e book in her collection on the historical past of Santa Barbara. Be taught extra at .
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