University of Central Florida STARS Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2004-2019 2019 The Heralds of the Dawn: A History of the Motion Picture Industry in the State of Florida, 1908-2019 David Morton University of Central Florida Part of the Film Production Commons Find similar works at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd University of Central Florida Libraries http://library.ucf.edu This Doctoral Dissertation (Open Access) is brought to you for free and open access by STARS. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2004-2019 by an authorized administrator of STARS. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. STARS Citation Morton, David, "The Heralds of the Dawn: A History of the Motion Picture Industry in the State of Florida, 1908-2019" (2019). Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2004-2019. 6365. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/6365 “THE HERALDS OF THE DAWN:” A HISTORY OF THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, 1908-2019 by DAVID D. MORTON B.A. East Stroudsburg University, 2009 M.A. University of Central Florida, 2014 A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Texts and Technology in the Department of Arts and Humanities at the University of Central Florida Orlando, Florida Spring Term 2019 Major Professor: Scot French © 2019 David Morton ii ABSTRACT Often overlooked in its contribution to cinema history, the State of Florida has the distinction of being among just a handful of regions in the United States to have a continuous connection with the American motion picture industry.