A Burlesque on Carmen
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George Kirke Spoor (December 18, 1871 – 24 November 1953) was an early film pioneer who, with Gilbert M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson, founded Essanay Studios in Chicago in 1907. He was a founding partner of V-L-S-E, Incorporated, a film distribution firm, in 1915.
- Gertrude Keith Spoor (1893–1975)
- December 18, 1871, Highland Park, Illinois
- Ada May Thompson (1877–1951)
- November 24, 1953 (aged 81), Chicago, Illinois
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145852931/george_kirke-spoor: accessed ), memorial page for George Kirke Spoor (18 Dec 1871–24 Nov 1953), Find a Grave Memorial ID 145852931, citing Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Klast (contributor 50020942).
Oct 15, 2010 · George Kirke Spoor (December 18, 1872 – 24 November 1953) was an early film pioneer who, with Broncho Billy Anderson, founded Essanay Studios in Chicago in 1907. Spoor and Anderson were responsible for discovering stars such as Wallace Beery, Francis X. Bushman, Ben Turpin, Gloria Swanson, and Charlie Chaplin.
Dec 15, 2020 · Genealogy for George Kirke Spoor (1871 - 1953) family tree on Geni, with over 255 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
- Illinois
- December 18, 1871
- Highland Park, Lake, Illinois, United States
- November 24, 1953
Mar 17, 2003 · At the Chicago World’s Fair, among the carnivals of its Midway, George K. Spoor, 1 one of the first men to have faith in any kind of motion picture, is repeating his faith in a motion picture of depth as well as of height and breadth, taking his natural vision pictures directly to the general public in a 1,000-seat theatre imaginatively ...
George K. Spoor was born on 18 December 1871 in Highland Park, Illinois, USA. He was a producer, known for A Pair of Sixes (1918), Men Who Have Made Love to Me (1918) and The Truant Soul (1916). He was married to Ada May Thompson. He died on 24 November 1953 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Jan 4, 2017 · In 1907, George Kirke Spoor and Gilbert M. Anderson (the filmmaker-actor best known to audiences as Broncho Billy) joined forces and established Chicago’s Peerless Film Manufacturing Company, later known as Essanay, which stood for the “S” and “A” in their respective last names.
