Papers, 1903-1947.

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Papers, 1903-1947.

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Collection contains photographs, correspondence, magazines and magazine articles, and ephemera related to William Horsley's career in the motion picture industry. Also contains a one-page holograph autobiography by Horsley. Includes photographs of Horsley, Nestor Motion Picture Company staff, and the opening of Universal Studios. Journals, including Motive power, feature biographical accounts of Horsley.

1 boxes (0.5 linear ft.)

University of California, Los Angeles

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SNAC Resource ID: 7411682

University of California, Los Angeles

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Horsley, Wm. (William), -1956

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Horsley was born in 1870; left England for the US; worked as a boiler maker; with his brother David, founded the Centaur Film Company (later, Nestor Motion Picture Company) in Bayonne, NJ in 1907; along with his brother and other independents, founded Universal Pictures Company in 1912; designed and supervised the construction of Universal City; in 1916 he set up the Bill Horsley Laboratory (later, Hollywood Film Enterprises, Inc.), which developed and printed 35mm. films; he died in 1956 in Los...

Universal Pictures Company.

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