WebFeb 8, 2008 · 1896/09/18 - The Biograph Company with its motorized camera made its first news film Aug. 28, 1896, of the Chinese diplomat Li Hung Chang, and on Sept. 18 cameraman Billy Bitzer filmed William McKinley in a parade and at home in Canton, Ohio, during the 1896 election campaign. William McKinley's brother Abner was part owner of … WebWelcome to the American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, the oldest movie company in America! Biograph began in 1895 near the dawn of a new century. It was the brain child of four men. The first President of Biograph was W. K. L. Dickson former inventor that worked along side Thomas Edison in his lab at Menlo Park, New jersey.

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WebThe Biograph Company, also known as the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, was a motion picture company founded in 1895 and active until 1916. WebDec 13, 2011 · A Victorian Film Enterprise: The History of the British Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1897–1915. ByRichard Brown and Barry Anthony. Wiltshire, U.K.: Flick Books, 2001. xiv + 345 pp. Appendix, bibliography. Cloth, $65.50. ISBN 0-948-91127-1. - Volume 75 Issue 3 north america europe and asia map

American Biograph: Inside the Lost Studio – John W Harding

WebThe American Mutoscope and Biograph Company was established in 1895 and is the oldest movie company in America. Biograph broadened the artistic realm of audiences, guiding motion pictures into maturity and nurturing its universal language. Many early stars develope d their craft with Biograph, such as Mary Pickford, Lionel Barrymore, and ... WebAmerican Biograph, circa 1908. Sets were often built on stilts for both better lighting and camera control. The camera itself was anchored to a movable platform. The American Mutoscope and Biograph Company was housed in a row of five-story brownstones that had once been the homes of New York’s well-to-do. http://www.biographcompany.com/gallery/ north america europe