The Man Who Made Movies

Release on 2008-11-17 | by Paul Spehr

The Man Who Made MoviesT hrough much of the twentieth century authors gave
only passing attention to the first years of cinema. There were interviews with
surviving pioneers, occasional disputes about who “invented” movies and efforts
to ...

Author: Paul Spehr
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780861969364
Category: Performing Arts
Page: 712
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The Man Who Made Movies

W.K.L. Dickson was Thomas Edison's assistant in charge of the experimentation that led to the Kinetoscope and Kinetograph—the first commercially successful moving image machines. In 1891–1892, he established what we know today as the 35mm format. Dickson also designed the Black Maria film studio and facilities to develop and print film, and supervised production of more than 100 films for Edison. After leaving Edison, he became a founding member of the American Mutoscope Company, which later became the American Mutoscope & Biograph, then Biograph. In 1897, he went to England to set up the European branch of the company. Over the course of his career, Dickson made between 500 and 700 films, which are studied today by scholars of the early cinema. This well-illustrated book offers a window onto early film history from the perspective of Dickson's own oeuvre.

Language: en
Pages: 712

The Man Who Made Movies

Authors: Paul Spehr

Categories: Performing Arts

Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-11-17 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

Language: en
Pages: 303

Col. William N. Selig, the Man Who Invented Hollywood

Authors: Andrew A. Erish

Categories: Performing Arts

Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-03-01 - Publisher: University of Texas Press

All histories of Hollywood are wrong. Why? Two words: Colonel Selig. This early pioneer laid the foundation for the movie industry that we know today. Active from 1896 to 1938, William N. Selig was responsible for an amazing series of firsts, including the first two-reel narrative film and the first

Language: en
Pages: 944

The Man Who Made the Movies

Authors: Vanda Krefft

Categories: Biography & Autobiography

Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-11-28 - Publisher: HarperCollins

A riveting story of ambition, greed, and genius unfolding at the dawn of modern America. This landmark biography brings into focus a fascinating brilliant entrepreneur—like Steve Jobs or Walt Disney, a true American visionary—who risked everything to realize his bold dream of a Hollywood empire. Although a major Hollywood studio

Language: en
Pages: 321

The Men who Invented Broadway

Authors: John Mosedale

Categories: Authors, American

Type: BOOK - Published: 1981 - Publisher: Richard Marek Publishers

Books about The Men who Invented Broadway

Language: en
Pages: 1099

The Movie Guide

Authors: James Monaco

Categories: Motion pictures

Type: BOOK - Published: 1992 - Publisher: Perigee Trade

From The Big Sleep to Babette's Feast, from Lawrence of Arabia to Drugstore Cowboy, The Movie Guide offers the inside word on 3,500 of the best motion pictures ever made. James Monaco is the president and founder of BASELINE, the world's leading supplier of information to the film and television