Photos and Story Courtesy of John Nichols https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s Gaston Méliès arrived in New York City in 1902, formed the American branch of the Star Film Company, and began distributing his brother's films. By 1903, Gaston began making films himself, mostly documentaries. The films were not successful. In the summer of 1907, Gaston Méliès returned to France take care of some business with Georges. On September 11, 1907, he married Hortense-Louise de Mirmont, an elder sister of Lucien Reulos' wife, who was one of Georges Méliès first collaborators. The new couple left Paris a few days after their marriage and travelled from Le Havre to New York on the ship La Savoie, where they arrived September 28, 1907. In April, 1911, Gaston moved the company to Santa Paula, California, following the trend of other movie studios to relocate in California. Gaston Méliès Santa Paula Studio was located at corner of 7th and Main St. Newspaper Article from 2000 In Santa Paula his company produced: The Great Heart of the West 1911 The Strike at the Gringo 1911 Red Cloud's Secret 1911 His Terrible Lesson 1911 Two Fools and Their Follies 1911 The Hobo Cowboy 1911 A Shattered Dream 1911 $200.00 1911 The Mission Waif 1911 The Stolen Grey 1911 Tommy's Rocking Horse 1911 The Cross of Pearls 1911 The Gypsy Bride 1911 Mexican as It Is Spoken 1911 Right or Wrong 1911 The Spur of Necessity 1911 The Miser Miner 1911 The Oil Country Romance 1911 The Reason Why 1911 A Western Girl 1911 The Better Man 1911 The Mission Father 1911 The Ranchman's Debt of Honor 1911 A Woman's Gratitude 1912 Roped In (II) 1912 Melita's Ruse 1912 The Mortgage 1912 Cowboy vs. Tenderfoot 1912 Dodging the Sheriff 1912 Smiling Bob 1912 Oil 1912 Seven Bars of Gold 1912 The Sheriff's Daughter (II) 1912 Troubles of the XL Outfit 1912 The Remittance Man 1912 A Man Worthwhile 1912 Wanted: A Wife 1912 The Ghost of Sulphur Mountain 1912 True Till Death (I) 1912 Widowers Three 1912 Finding the Last Chance Mine 1912 All is Fair 1912 The Swastika 1912 The Rustler's Daughter 1912 Making Good (II) 1912 Ghosts at Circle X Camp 1912 Two Loves 1912 A Woman's Way 1912 The Cowboy Kid 1912 The Man Inside 1912 A Cowboy's Proposal 1912 The Lesson 1912 A String of Beads 1912 The Will of Destiny 1912 The Ranger's Girls 1912 The Moth and the Flame 1912 His Partner's Share (II) 1912 The Obsession 1912 The Unworthy Son 1912 The Prisoner's Story 1912 Clearing Land for Farming in the West 1912 A Western Coquette 1912 Forgive Us Our Trespasses 1912 Judgement of the Sea 1912 A Son's Example 1912 Wrongly Accused (II) 1912 The Smuggler's Prisoner 1912 Value Received 1912 The Governor's Clemency 1912 Linked by Fate 1912 The Sheriff Pro Tem 1912 The Castaway (II) 1912 Jack's Burglar 1912 Tempest Tossed 1913 Her Great Chance 1913 The Kiss of Salvation 1913 Aileen o' the Sea 1913 The Gypsy's Warning 1913 St. Joseph's Taper 1913 Molly's Mistake 1913 A Gambler's Heart 1913 Honor Thy Mother 1913 For more information: check THIS out.
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