Author Archives: Annette Bochenek

About Annette Bochenek

Dr. Annette Bochenek of Chicago, Illinois, is an avid scholar of Hollywood’s Golden Age. She manages the Hometowns to Hollywood blog, in which she writes about her trips exploring the legacies and hometowns of Golden Age stars. Annette also hosts the “Hometowns to Hollywood” film series throughout the Chicago area. She has been featured on Turner Classic Movies and is the president of TCM Backlot’s Chicago chapter. In addition to writing for TCM Backlot, she also writes for Classic Movie Hub, Silent Film Quarterly, Nostalgia Digest, and Chicago Art Deco Society Magazine.

Vitagraph: America’s First Great Motion Picture Studio

Posted on June 27, 2021 by Annette Bochenek

In cinema’s nascent years, the art of filmmaking was being pioneered and many new and exciting developments would occur in conjunction with this new form of storytelling. Among the many facets of filmmaking history is the history of motion picture … Continue reading →