Essanay Film Company

I have been creating a series of portraits of people who worked at the Essanay Film Company circa 1915 in Niles, California. Some of these are famous silent film stars, but others are the ordinary folk behind the scenes, like Josephine Rector, scriptwriter, or Rollie Totheroh, camerman (and former baseball player). Note that there are two young Charlie Chaplins, one with make-up and one without.

Watercolor

Copyright Laura Ramie 2011