Thomas A Edison And His Kinetographic Motion Pictures

Author : Charles Musser
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813522104
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thomas A. Edison and His Kinetographic Motion Pictures written by Charles Musser and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much controversy has surrounded Thomas A. Edison's role in the birth of motion pictures. His earliest biographers gave all honor to him; later historians gave credit to his assistants or to foreign inventors whose recognition Edison stole. Charles Musser provides a balanced assessment, arguing that while Edison left the day-to-day experimentation to his talented employees, he provided the ideas and encouragement as well as financial support. Without him, the technical hurdles would not have been overcome so quickly. As time went on, and innovations in the motion picture business shifted from improving machines to improving the moving pictures themselves and the meyhods of exhibiting them, Edison's Laboratory lost its advantage. After three decades of patent wars and attempted monopolization of cameras and projectors, the battle moved away from the inventor and toward the producers and nickelodeon owners. Edison briefly experimented with a home movie projector, to steal a march on his rivals, but he was way ahead of his time. After thirty years, he closed down his movie studio and moved on to other projects. This brief, informative story of Edison's key contributions to the invention of motion pictures is heavily illustrated and beautifully designed.

Author : MUSSER CHARLES
Publisher : Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 730 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book EDISON MOTION PICTURES written by MUSSER CHARLES and published by Smithsonian Books (DC). This book was released on 1997 with total page 730 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book provides essential documentation of all known Edison films made between 1890 and 1900. Thomas Edison and his associates at the Edison Laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey, invented the first system of commercial motion pictures." "Making the historical framework predominant while retaining traditional cataloging features, Edison Motion Pictures, 18901900 is of value to a wide range of scholars interested in American life at the turn of the century - those working in performance studies, film and media studies, cultural history, ethnic studies, and social and political history. Documentary filmmakers, film programmers, archivists, and librarians can also benefit from using this catalog." "Edison films from the end of the nineteenth century offer a unique visual record of American entertainment and popular culture - moving images that become much more interesting and useful when they can be examined in conjunction with pertinent documentation." "Scholars concerned with portrayals of war, depictions of the American presidency, and many other topics in the nation's political history will find much useful information."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : W. K. L. Dickson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780756782733
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the Kinetograph, Kinetoscope And Kinetophonograph written by W. K. L. Dickson and published by . This book was released on 2000-08-30 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a facsimile ed. of the first history of the cinema by W.K.L. Dickson & Antonia Dickson, & was reproduced from W.K.L. Dickson's own annotated copy of the book. When this book was first published in 1895, practical moving pictures were barely two years old, & film projection was yet to be perfected. Dickson had begun to work with Edison in 1883; within 5 years, he was leader of the team that was attempting to build an instrument which does for the eye what the phonograph does for the Ear.Ó The results of their labor were the kinetograph (the camera used for photographing motion pictures) & the kinetoscope (the means for viewing them). This book allows the reader to experience the wonder & promise of the cinema in its infancy. Illustrations.

Author : Paul Spehr
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0861969367
Total Pages : 713 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Man Who Made Movies written by Paul Spehr and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2008-11-17 with total page 713 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of W.K.L. Dickson—assistant to Edison, inventor, and key figure in early cinematography: “Valuable and comprehensive.” —Communication Booknotes Quarterly 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 one hundred 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 five hundred and seven hundred 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.

Author : Ray Phillips
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Edison's Kinetoscope and Its Films written by Ray Phillips and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1997-11-13 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motion pictures were first seen in 1894, when Thomas Edison introduced the Kinetoscope, a device for individually looking at film through a viewer. Over the next three years, Edison manufactured almost 1,000 Kinetoscopes and produced some 250 films to show in them. A million people worldwide first saw motion pictures through these devices. This book describes in detail how Kinetoscopes worked and how they were sold, and describes the parlors to which the public flocked, fascinated by the novelty of moving images. It examines how the machines were copied by others and later eclipsed by the advent of projection. It also indicates where surviving machines can be found in the United States and Europe. The book concludes with an index to Edison's films between 1892 and 1896, and presents titles, filming dates, subject descriptions, and information on the location of surviving copies. Copiously illustrated, the book is a vital research tool for all students of motion picture history.

Author : Gene Barretta
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 1466816848
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Timeless Thomas written by Gene Barretta and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2012-07-17 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do record players, batteries, and movie cameras have in common? All these devices were created by the man known as The Wizard of Menlo Park: Thomas Edison. Edison is most famous for inventing the incandescent lightbulb, but at his landmark laboratories in Menlo Park & West Orange, New Jersey, he also developed many other staples of modern technology. Despite many failures, Edison persevered. And good for that, because it would be very difficult to go through a day without using one of his life-changing inventions. In this enlightening book, Gene Barretta enters the laboratories of one of America's most important inventors.

Author : Frank Lewis Dyer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Edison written by Frank Lewis Dyer and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Holly Cefrey
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 9780823964406
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Inventions of Thomas Alva Edison written by Holly Cefrey and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2002-12-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a biographical sketch of Thomas Alva Edison and a description of some of his most important inventions.

Author : Gordon Hendricks
Publisher : New York, Beginnings of the American Film
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Kinetoscope written by Gordon Hendricks and published by New York, Beginnings of the American Film. This book was released on 1966 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Terry Ramsaye
Publisher : New York : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Million and One Nights written by Terry Ramsaye and published by New York : Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1926 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of the films from Edison through Will Hays.