Finding Nelson Evans

I love an Evans mystery and nothing has been more mysterious to me than a group of arcade cards that feature a trio of bathing beauties iden...

Although most of my research centers around Nelson Evans, I've spent a fair amount of time over the last year or so piecing together the...

Somehow I managed to not write a single blog post in 2017, but that doesn't mean that the year was short on Evans related stories.  Quit...

On August 15th, 1929, a fire broke out at the Evans Studio.  Fortunately, the fire was extinguished before it did much damage.  There was an...

Cinevent 49 took place over the Memorial Day weekend in downtown Columbus.  One of the last remaining movie conventions, it is one of my mos...

This is my contribution to the Third Annual Buster Keaton Blogathon, hosted by the excellent Silent-ology blog.  This year's blogath...

Whenever I visit Hollywood, one of the places I almost always make an effort to see is the street that the Evans family lived from about 191...

One of the more interesting facets of the Evans story is the signature that appeared on his (and his studio's) portraits.  While 2 parti...

My research into the life of Nelson Evans occasionally goes in odd directions, but none quite so surprising as the turn it recently took.  P...

On this Memorial Day, it seems appropriate to pay tribute to the members of Nelson Evans' family who lost their lives in the service of ...

On past trips to Los Angeles, I've visited the site of the Evans Studio, but for some reason never had a camera handy.  So on my most re...

One of the things I enjoy about watching silent comedies is seeing Los Angeles as it was 100 years ago.  Whether it is foot chases through C...