The photoplay; a psychological study (1916)

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Title:
The photoplay; a psychological study
Date:
1916
Publisher:
New York [etc.] D. Appleton and company
Volume:
The photoplay; a psychological study
Leaf #:
00025
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Cornell University Library
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
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Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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THE PHOTOPLAY be used. The first instrument was built in 1890, and soon after the Chicago World's Fair it was used for entertainment all over the world. The wheel of Anschiitz had been wide- spread too; yet it was considered only as a half-scientific apparatus. "With Edison's kinetoscope the moving pictures had become a means for popular amusement and enter- tainment, and the appetite of commercialism was whetted. At once efforts to improve on the Edison machine were starting every- where, and the adjustment to the needs of the wide public was in the foreground. Crowning success came almost at the same time to Lumiere and Son in Paris and to* Paul in London. They recognized clearly that the new scheme could not become really profitable on a large scale as long as only one person at a time could see the pictures. Both the well-known French manufacturers of photo- graphic supplies and the English engineer considered the next step necessary to be the projection of the films upon a large screen. Yet this involved another fundamental change. In the kinetoscope the film s passed by continuously. The time of the exposure through the opening in the revolving shutter 16