Before it moved to Hollywood, the California movie industry was situated in Niles and was famous for Bronco Billy, the world’s first cowboy movie star in silent films around 1912. Wow! That’s over 100 years ago! Charlie Chaplin and Gloria Swanson used to make films here too. [Read more…] about Niles, California, was Home to the Movie Industry. Now it’s a Trendy Place to Live
