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The Norman Studios Silent Film Museum is a project of Old Arlington, Inc.* to renovate the Norman Studios complex located in Historic Old Arlington, an area of Jacksonville, Florida, to its original condition when operated as the Norman Studios. The complex will be used as a museum of silent film in Jacksonville and northeast Florida. The grand event of our opening in 2009/2010 will be the showing of the only silent film still in existence that was shot there, "The Flying Ace."
The Norman Studios is the only known remaining silent film studio complex still standing. ... anywhere. The complex consists of five buildings, now going through renovation. One building was in much better shape currently due to it being renovated by its current owner, The Circle of Faith Ministries. We are in the process of raising funds to purchase the fifth building. We need your help to make the Norman Studios Silent Film Museum a reality. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to:
Norman Studios Silent Film Museum
c/o Old Arlington, Inc.
P.O. Box 15304
Jacksonville, FL 32239-5304
The Norman Studios complex is located at 6337 Arlington Road, Jacksonville, Florida, 32211. . The buildings are off-limits for visiting until the renovation is complete. You can drive by the complex to see what it looks like now. In the meantime, you can view the property from a satellite view. See outlines of the property. Click on the different links on the left of that page for detailed information.
The website will provide information about the project and document the silent film history in Jacksonville and northeast Florida. If there is anything you would like to see provided, please contact us. If you are submitting information, see the Submitting Information page. Our website is still in its infancy so it will grow quite a bit on its own but feel free to mention anything you would like to see; it will give us a ranking of importance. Get in touch with us on our contact page.
The website continues to grow with more rich content constantly being added. Each time you return there is probably something new that you have not seen. If you have not already done so, make sure you visit the Help page as it explains many things about the website that can make it easier to use compared to other websites. Also, the site map is a great reference as it lists almost everything.
We do a pretty good job of proofreading and not forgetting to run spell check after making minor changes, however, slip-ups do occur. If you do encounter something irritating, misspelled, or just needs spell check run to eliminate the fat-finger work, you can always send us e-mail. Much thanks to you for doing so. Keep in mind though that we do not think that it is your responsibility to inform us of our mistakes so if you like, go ahead and enjoy the show.
Artist Srednas Trebor, who has been an important European artist, designed the NormanStudios.org logo. The text is set in the Slightly Rounded typeface.
