Editing Jacksonville, Florida (section)

===Literature, film and television===
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[[File:GaumontStudios.jpg|thumb|left|Motion picture scene at [[Gaumont Film Company|Gaumont Studios]], 1910]]
A handful of significant literary works and authors are associated with Jacksonville and the surrounding area. Perhaps the most important is [[James Weldon Johnson]], who moved North and was influential in the [[Harlem Renaissance]]. In 1920 he also became the first African American to lead the [[NAACP]] civil rights organization. His first success as a writer was the poem "[[Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing]]" (1899), which his brother [[Rosamond Johnson]] set to music; the song became unofficially known as the "Negro National Anthem".<ref>{{cite book|last=Roberts|first=Brian|title=Artistic Ambassadors|pages=57–59}}</ref>

Already famous for having written ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabin]]'' (1852), northern writer [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]] published ''[[Palmetto Leaves]]'' in 1873. A [[travel guide]] and memoir about her winters in the town of [[Mandarin, Florida]], it was one of the first guides written about Florida and stimulated the state's first boom in the 1880s of tourism and residential development.

Jacksonville embraced the movies. [[Sun-Ray Cinema]], also known as the 5 Points Theatre and Riverside Theatre, opened in 1927. It was the first theater in Florida equipped to show the new "talking pictures" and the third nationally. It is in the [[Five Points (Jacksonville)|Five Points]] section of town and was renamed as the ''Five Points Theater'' in 1949.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.5pointsjax.com/theater.html|title=Theater|website=www.5pointsjax.com}}</ref>

The [[Florida Theatre]], also opened in 1927, is in downtown Jacksonville and is one of only four remaining high-style movie palaces that were built in Florida during the [[Mediterranean Revival Style architecture|Mediterranean Revival architectural]] boom of the 1920s. Since that time, Jacksonville has been chosen by a number of film and television studios for [[location shooting]]. Notable motion pictures that have been partially or completely shot in Jacksonville since the silent film era include the classic thriller, ''[[Creature from the Black Lagoon]]'' (1954).<ref name="Movies Filmed in Jacksonville"/>

Since the late 20th century, the city has attracted numerous film companies, which shot ''[[The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking]]'' (1988), ''[[Brenda Starr (1989 film)|Brenda Starr]]'' (1989), ''[[G.I. Jane]]'' (1997), ''[[The Devil's Advocate (1997 film)|The Devil's Advocate]]'' (1997), ''Ride'' (1998), ''[[Why Do Fools Fall in Love (film)|Why Do Fools Fall in Love]]'' (1998), ''[[Forces of Nature (1999 film)|Forces of Nature]]'' (1999), ''[[Tigerland]]'' (2000), ''[[Sunshine State (film)|Sunshine State]]'' (2002), ''[[Basic (film)|Basic]]'' (2003), ''[[The Manchurian Candidate (2004 film)|The Manchurian Candidate]]'' (2004), ''[[Lonely Hearts (2006 film)|Lonely Hearts]]'' (2006), ''[[Moving McAllister]]'' (2007), ''The Year of Getting to Know Us'' (2008), ''[[The Ramen Girl]]'' (2008) and ''[[Like Dandelion Dust]]'' (2009).<ref name="Movies Filmed in Jacksonville">{{cite web|last=Jenkins|first=Edward|title=About Jacksonville|url=http://jacksonville.about.com/od/historystatsfunfacts/tp/Movies-Made-In-Jacksonville.htm|work=About.com|publisher=The New York Times Company|access-date=November 27, 2011|archive-date=October 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021074312/http://jacksonville.about.com/od/historystatsfunfacts/tp/Movies-Made-In-Jacksonville.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><!-- This is a long list -->

Notable television series or made-for-television films that have been partially or completely shot in Jacksonville include ''[[Inherit the Wind (1988 film)|Inherit the Wind]]'' (1988), ''[[Orpheus Descending]]'' (1990), ''[[Saved by the Light]]'' (1995), ''[[The Babysitter's Seduction (1996 film)|The Babysitter's Seduction]]'' (1996), ''[[First Time Felon]]'' (1997), ''[[Safe Harbor (film)|Safe Harbor]]'' (2009), ''[[Recount (film)|Recount]]'' (2008), ''[[American Idol]]'' (2009), and ''[[Ash vs Evil Dead]]'' (2015).