BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20230928T003000Z DTEND:20230928T020000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Behind the Scenes at the “Flying A”: A talk by Betsy J. Green DESCRIPTION:Santa Barbara became the center of the movie-making world when the Chicago-based American Film Manufacturing Company opened the largest production facility in the country in 1913. Known as the "Flying A" due to its winged logo\, the studio produced over twelve hundred films. Local papers and national movie magazines published the adventures and misadventures of the silent movie actors and film crews who gathered here all together for the first time. About the Speaker: Betsy J. Green began her writing career while working as an editor at Reader's Digest and World Book Encyclopedia before switching to freelance writing and publishing. She is the author of 10 history books\, and also writes The Great House Detective column for the Santa Barbara Independent. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Santa Barbara became the center of the movie-making world when the Chicago-based American Film Manufacturing Company opened the largest production facility in the country in 1913. Known as the &ldquo\;Flying A"\; due to its winged logo\, the studio produced over twelve hundred films. Local papers and national movie magazines published the adventures &ndash\; and misadventures &ndash\; of the silent movie actors and film crews who gathered here all together for the first time. About the Speaker: Betsy J. Green began her writing career while working as an editor at Reader&rsquo\;s Digest and World Book Encyclopedia before switching to freelance writing and publishing. She is the author of 10 history books\, and also writes The Great House Detective column for the Santa Barbara Independent. LOCATION:Santa Barbara Historical Museum\, 136 East de la Guerra Street\, Santa Barbara\, CA 93101 UID:e.3636.1814 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260418T133708Z URL:https://business.goletachamber.com/events/details/behind-the-scenes-at-the-flying-a-a-talk-by-betsy-j-green-1814 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR