Sun City

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The small farming community of Sun City lies south of the Little Manatee River, along US 41. In the 1920's, fueled by the Great Florida Land Boom, Sun City was once planned to be a large movie colony, that some declared was to be the "Hollywood of the East".
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Destined to Fail: Creating a "Hollywood of the East"in Sun City, Fl, 1925

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Year: 2018, 2018, 2018, 2018
Member of: Sun City
Contributors: Charles Nelson
Description: In 1925, Sun City was the site selected for a planned movie colony designed to attract the movie industry to South County, Florida. The three men most responsible for this venture were ill-suited dreamers whose actions led to the demise of the colony. This paper explores this history of the planned movie colony and the men behind the effort.
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