Motion picture production & direction; Horses; Packtrains;
A pack train carrying supplies into the mountains for the filming of Nell Shipman's film, "The Girl From God's Country" in the Kings River canyon, California. Co-director Bert Van Tuyle wrote this caption: "Miss Shipman and her company enroute to...
A publicity still of silent film star Nell Shipman. This photo comes from a photo scrapbook (MSS 258) compiled by Gertrude B. Hein, sister of Belle Angstadt, Shipman's good friend at Priest Lake.
A publicity still of silent film star Nell Shipman. This photo comes from a photo scrapbook (MSS 258) compiled by Gertrude B. Hein, sister of Belle Angstadt, Shipman's good friend at Priest Lake.
Actor George Berrell, as Pierre Le Mort, in Nell Shipman's film, "The Girl From God's Country." George Berrell (1849-1933) appeared in more than 50 films. According to a profile in the June 25, 1922, issue of the Spokesman-Review (Spokane,...
Amerigo Serrao (1893?-1960), Nell Shipman's companion from the mid 1930s until his death in 1960. Born in Italy to American sculptor Luella Varney Serrao, he worked in films in the 1920s and 30s, directing a number of films in England. He worked...
An advertisment for Shipman's film, "Back to God's Country," from the July 24, 1920, issue of The Moving Picture World. This image was made from a photographic reproduction of the magazine page.
Barry Shipman (1912-1994), Nell and Ernest Shipman's son, about 1930. He became a screenwriter for the movie serials in the 1930s, scripting some of Dick Tracy's and Flash Gordon's most memorable adventures. He later wrote for television,...
Barry Shipman (1912-1994), Nell and Ernest Shipman's son, about 1935. He became a screenwriter for the movie serials in the 1930s, scripting some of Dick Tracy's and Flash Gordon's most memorable adventures. He later wrote for television,...
Barry Shipman's collie Laddie, presented to him as an Easter present. Laddie had a small part with Nell Shipman in the lost Vitagraph film, "The Wild Strain" (1917) and accompanied the Shipmans to Spokane and Priest River, Idaho, where he lost his...
Brothers Ray Peters (as the Prince) and Lloyd Peters (on the ground, as the Witch), in a scene from Nell Shipman's short unfinished film, "The Love Tree," filmed at Priest Lake, Idaho.
Cast and crew of Nell Shipman's film "Something New." From left to right: Cliff Maupin, cinematographer Joseph B. Walker, Bert Van Tuyle (putting on make-up at the mirror), and Nell Shipman (revising the script) with her dog Laddie.
Cast and crew of Nell Shipman's film, "The Light on Lookout," at Lookout Mountain, near Priest Lake, Idaho. From left to right: Barry Shipman, Ralph Cochner, Dorothy Winslow (arms crossed), cameraman Bobby Newhard, and Nell Shipman. Barry...
Motion picture production & direction; Motion picture cameras; Motion pictures;
Co-director Bert Van Tuyle, financier W.H. Clune, camerman Jospeh B. Walker, and Nell Shipman's young son Barry, during the filming of "The Girl From God's Country."
Co-directors Nell Shipman and Bert Van Tuyle on horseback during the filming of "The Girl From God's Country." Also on horseback is Edward Burns, and in the foreground is Nell Shipman's dog Laddie.
Cover illustration of "Lionhead Lodge," Lloyd Peters' memoir of his experiences as part of Nell Shipman's company in Spokane, Washington, and at her movie camp, Lionhead Lodge, at Priest Lake, Idaho, 1922-1924. The book was first published in...
