Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
G. M. Anderson got his start in motion pictures in 1903 with Edwin S. Porter’s famous and groundbreaking film “The Great Train Robbery” playing about four parts in it. In 1907, he helped found the famous Essany Studios and began churning out one reel dramas, but would soon gravitate towards the western genre. In 1910, he began his famous “Broncho Billy” series. “The Making of Broncho Billy”, from 1913, is fairly typical of these pictures and shows how Broncho Billy “got his start”. While the ending is somewhat abrupt, the film is still a decently entertaining 10 minutes. My 8mm scan is slightly "off"; it took me three or four tries before I found a decent enough scan to be able to post, and even then it’s still not that good. Better than nothing, I suppose! Here it is with my accompaniment, enjoy!
Scanned from my Blackhawk standard 8mm film print on a Wolverine Reels2Digital super and standard 8 film scanner.
IMDB for “The Making of Broncho Billy”: imdb.com/title/tt0003112
G. M. Anderson got his start in motion pictures in 1903 with Edwin S. Porter’s famous and groundbreaking film “The Great Train Robbery” playing about four parts in it. In 1907, he helped found the famous Essany Studios and began churning out one reel dramas, but would soon gravitate towards the western genre. In 1910, he began his famous “Broncho Billy” series. “The Making of Broncho Billy”, from 1913, is fairly typical of these pictures and shows how Broncho Billy “got his start”. While the ending is somewhat abrupt, the film is still a decently entertaining 10 minutes. My 8mm scan is slightly "off"; it took me three or four tries before I found a decent enough scan to be able to post, and even then it’s still not that good. Better than nothing, I suppose! Here it is with my accompaniment, enjoy!
Scanned from my Blackhawk standard 8mm film print on a Wolverine Reels2Digital super and standard 8 film scanner.
IMDB for “The Making of Broncho Billy”: imdb.com/title/tt0003112
