The theatre of science; a volume of progress and achievement in the motion picture industry (1914)

Record Details:

Title:
The theatre of science; a volume of progress and achievement in the motion picture industry
Date:
1914
Publisher:
New York, London [etc.] Broadway publishing company
Volume:
The theatre of science; a volume of progress and achievement in the motion picture industry
Leaf #:
00022
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Cornell University Library
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
"Edition of 3000 copies ... Autographed edition."
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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Index to Contents by Chapters INTRODUCTORY Contributed articles by Claude L. Hagen, J. Stuart Blackton, J. Berg Esenwein, Sidney Olcott and Alexander Lichtman. CHAPTER I. Pages 1 to 21. "Zoetrope," crude pioneer of motion photographyExperiments of Muybridge, Meissonier, Acres, Greene, Paul, Evans, Marey and the Lumieres, Anchiitz and his "Tachyscope" — Thomas A. Edison, George Eastman and Reverend Hannibal Goodwin contribute to the first production of motion pictures — The "Kinetoscope" in 1893 at World's Fair a slot-machine device — What two Greeks told Robert W. Paul, and how the latter utilized the Edison invention as the basis for his "Theatrograph," afterward called "Animatograph" — Advent of Paul's "Animatograph" in London, followed by Lumiere's "Cinematograph" — Meanwhile, the Latham "Eidoloscope" and Edison "Vitascope" are revealed in America — Edison neglects to take out foreign patents, not foreseeing any craze — A new Vitascope appears — Now comes Lumiere's "Cinematograph" to Xeith's Union Square Theatre, New York — A popular success, but no craze develops — J. Austin FjTies' splen