A pictorial history of the movies (1943)

Record Details:

Title:
A pictorial history of the movies
Date:
1943
Publisher:
New York : Simon and Schuster
Volume:
A pictorial history of the movies
Leaf #:
00022
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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BIRTH AND INFANCY After 1907 Edison had many lively competitors. Alert showmen soon grasped the possibilities of the new form of entertainment, and many new companies came into existence. Among the best known and most successful were Biograph, Vitagraph, Melies, Kalem, Lubin ( in Philadelphia ) , Thanhouser, and Essanay and Selig (in Chicago). Here is a scene from the Vitagraph picture, Romeo and Juliet ( 1908 ). Notice the Vitagraph trade-mark on the canopy of Juliet's bed. ABOVE BIGHT Another scene from Romeo and Juliet— the duel be tween Tybalt and Mercutio. As a New Yorker might point out, the "public place in Verona" where the duel occurs bears a suspicious resemblance to the parapet overlooking the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park. The mustached Romeo is Paul Panzer. Here is the infant star of The Eagle's Nest being carried off by a stuffed eagle and being pretty disagreeable about it. Distant landscape supplied by Richard Murphy.