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W.H. Tilley Collection, no. 2 - 1950s
Susan T. Solomon
Silent
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c. 1955
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1950s
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1953
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1956
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Color & B/W
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English
  • Map
  • Highlights
  • Index of Intertitles
    Independence Hall 
    Make Room for the New School, June 1956
    Autumnal Colors Barton Springs, 1953
    The House We Live in, December 1953
    A New Day, 5 A.M. Sunrise
    Sight Seeing, Tram Cars 
    St. John the Baptist Parade
    No Cars Allowed
    Montreal from Mt. Royal
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This collection of 16mm clips was originally shot and compiled in the 1950s by W.H. Tilley. Footage features images of downtown St. Louis (including St. Louis Union Station), Philadelphia's Independence Hall, "Demolishing of Deaf School" (1956), the Texas State Capitol and Congress Avenue, Barton Springs (1953), exterior and interior views of the Tilley home (1953), the flag and Capitol building at sunrise, and sightseeing in Montreal (including parades, a carriage, and views from Mt. Royal).
  • More About Wesley Hope and Paul Tilley

    Brothers Wesley Hope and Paul Tilley can be counted among Texas' pioneering filmmakers. Their movie work extends at least as far back as 1910.

    In addition to their short subjects (as for-hire filmmakers) and early documentary movies of Texas, the Austin-based Tilleys made cartoons, titles, slides, advertisements, newsreels, and comedy features. The brothers were also involved in the turn-of-the-century amusement business as carnival music producers and for-hire projectionists.

    The Tilley brothers are best known, however, for their three commercial narrative features: Mexican Conspiracy Outgeneralled, Their Lives By a Slender Thread and The Kentucky Feud. These films were produced in 1913 around central Texas (as well as Mexico) under the auspices of their Satex production company and film lab, one of the first of its kind in Texas.

    W. Hope Tilley eventually pursued his music-related activities full-time, remaining in Austin. Paul Tilley later worked with another fellow Texan in Hollywood, film director King Vidor.

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