Boer War Comes to Brooklyn color-black-and-white Vitagraph churned out eight films

Vitagraph churned out eight films a week on its Brooklyn back lot

piece together the castle’s sumptuous splendor -- framed Old World masterpieces

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Paul Goldberger of The Times wrote in 1990

Boer War Comes to Brooklyn color-black-and-white Vitagraph churned out eight filmsIn the early days of silent films, before movie companies moved to Southern California, New York was the nation's film capital. War movies were one of the most popular genres and in this photo George Melford directs "The Boer War" in Brooklyn. This photograph was used as a promotional photo for "The Boer War" around its release March 31, 1914. Vitagraph Studios, which built its first studio in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn in 1905, made "The Boer War"