Highland Film Company

The news broke in the Kentucky Post on February 6, 1915:

 

By February 27, there are even more details:

 

The March 13th coverage had even more hype:

 

On March 13, there were rumors that the new Hollywood would be in Ludlow, and not Fort Thomas:

 

March 18, 1915. The new location pleases New York:

 

March 23, 1915. Sounds to us like he's laying it on thick:

 

March 23, 1915. But as a note in the back of the paper on the same date notes:

 

By April 15, 1915, the original drawing re-appears, but the Lagoon no longer seems to be in the plan; we're back to Fort Thomas:

 

The April 15 story, the same date, says the deal is closed:

 

April 19, 1915, and they are certain on Fort Thomas:

 

July 15, 1916. Over a year later, we find this. To paraphrase T. S. Eliot, The Highland Film Company died not with a bang, but a whimper.

All clippings are from the Kentucky Post.