Once upon a time my hometown Colorado Springs was the home to a full fledged movie studio.
From 1919 through the late 1970's the Alexander Film Company produced instructional films, commercials, and many of the classic drive-in movie bumpers of the 40's and 50's.
Unlike film studios such as Universal, Warner or even "poverty" row producers like Republic, Alexander was a working class studio producing huge volumes of side features, advertisements, intermission features, educational and promotional films.
Below is a promotional film produced by the studio to pitch new clients, that gives a great tour of the studio, giving a real feel for just how big a production unit Alexander's actually was.
As a kid I stood outside the locked gates of the closed studio, stunned that something so magical was so close and yet had died before I had even known it existed.
Finally I wanted to post this short promotional film Alexander made for the city of Colorado Springs and the surrounding area in 1946 to give a good example of what it was that Alexander did. Plus it's a fun look at my city "once upon a time".
From 1919 through the late 1970's the Alexander Film Company produced instructional films, commercials, and many of the classic drive-in movie bumpers of the 40's and 50's.
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| Alexander Film Co in the 1950's |
Unlike film studios such as Universal, Warner or even "poverty" row producers like Republic, Alexander was a working class studio producing huge volumes of side features, advertisements, intermission features, educational and promotional films.
Below is a promotional film produced by the studio to pitch new clients, that gives a great tour of the studio, giving a real feel for just how big a production unit Alexander's actually was.
As a kid I stood outside the locked gates of the closed studio, stunned that something so magical was so close and yet had died before I had even known it existed.
Finally I wanted to post this short promotional film Alexander made for the city of Colorado Springs and the surrounding area in 1946 to give a good example of what it was that Alexander did. Plus it's a fun look at my city "once upon a time".
I remember the Alexander Film Company in the 50's. The YMCA sponsored a tour of the facility one summer for their summer youth day camp. The Cub Scouts also rented the cafeteria for their Cub Scout dinners for several years. Pleasant memories.
ReplyDeleteThank you I visited in 1948. Then lived there from 1963 till 1980 . Had friends that worked at Alexander film. is great to see these pictures again
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