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Edison, the invention of the movies, Museum of Modern Art in association with the Library of Congress ; produced by Bret Wood

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Edison

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Museum of Modern Art in association with the Library of Congress ; produced by Bret Wood

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the invention of the movies

Commercial motion pictures were invented at the Edison Laboratory between 1888 and 1893. Perhaps none of the component parts were strictly new, but the ability of Edison and his staff to reorganize them for a specific purpose was an extraordinary cultural achievement. In 1894, Edison was the sole producer of motion pictures in the world. Many Edison films continue to be impressive as the company employed such accomplished early directors as John Collins and Alan Crosland

Disc 1. 1889-91: Early Edison Camera Tests (Monkeyshines, no.1; Dickson Greeting; Newark Athlete (with Indian Clubs); Men Boxing) -- 1893: Blacksmithing scene; The Barber shop -- 1984: Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a sneeze; Athlete with wand; Sandow; Carmencita; Boxing Cats; Caicedo with Pole; Annabelle Butterfly Dance; Cockfight, no.2; Corbett and Courtney before the kinetograph; Sioux Ghost Dance; Buffalo dance; The Hornbacker-Murphy fight; Hadj Cheriff, Arab Knife Juggler; Glenroy Bros., no.2; Louis Martineti, Contortionist; Bucking Broncho; Annie Oakley; Imperial Japanese Dance; Robetta and Doretto, Chinese Laundry scene; Band drill; Fire rescue -- 1895: Billy Edwards and the unknown; Dickson Experimental sound film; Princess Ali, Egyptian Dance; Annabelle Serpentine Dance; The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots -- 1896: Amy Muller; The John C. Rice-May Irwin kiss; Shooting the chutes; Fatima, muscle dancer (original and censored versions); Mess call; Inventor Edison sketched by world artist; Watermelon eating contest; The lone fisherman; Interrupted lovers; Feeding the doves; A morning bath; The burning stable; Mounted Police Charge; McKinley Parade; Going to the fire; A morning alarm; Black diamond express; American falls from above, American Side; The first sleigh ride; The morning alarm -- 1897: Mr Edison at work in his chemical laboratory; Return of lifeboat -- 1898: Troop ships for the Philippines; U.S. Troops landing at Daiquiri, Cuba; The burglar on the roof -- 1899: Firemen rescuing men and women; a wringing good Jake; Gold rush scenes in the Klondike -- 1900: Searching ruins on Broadway for dead bodies, Galveston; The kiss; Capture of Boer Battery by British; A storm at sea -- 1901: Old maid having her picture taken; High diving scene; Photographing a country couple; What happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City; Pan-American Exposition by night; Trapeze disrobing act; 1902: The burning of Durland's Riding Academy; Jack an the beanstalk -- 1903: Electrocuting an elephant; The life of an American fireman; Egyptian Fakir with dancing monkey; A scrap in black and white; Uncle Tom's Cabin; The Gay shoe clerk; Turning the tables; What happened in the tunnel; the great train robberyDisc 2. 1904-1907: European rest cure -- How a French nobleman got a wife through the New York Herald Personal Columns -- The strenuous life; or, antirace suicide -- The Ex-convict ; 1905: The klepto-maniac -- The seven ages -- The whole dam family and the dam dog -- Coney Island at night -- The little train robbery -- The white caps -- The Miller's daughter -- Train wreckers -- Life of an American policeman -- Police chasing scorching auto ; 1906: The dream of a rarebit fiend -- Three American beauties -- Films of the San Francisco earthquake -- The terrible kids -- Kathleen mavourneen -- Getting evidence ; 1907: The "Teddy" bearsDisc 3. 1907-1913: Colin's fire sale -- The rivals -- The trainer's daughter; or, a race for love -- College chums -- Laughing gas -- A little girl who did not believe in Santa Claus ; 1908: A suburbanite's ingenious alarm -- Rescued from an eagle's nest -- Fireside reminiscences -- Cupid's pranks -- Tale the Autumn leaves told (fragment) ; 1909: The house of cards ; 1910: New York of today -- HowBumptious papered the parlor ;1913: Thirty days at hard labor -- The passer-by -- The Totville eye -- The public and private care of infants ; 1913: An unsullied shieldDisc 4. 1913-1918: At Bear Track Gulch -- The Ambassador's daughter -- A serenade by proxy -- All on account of a transfer ; 1914: One touch of nature -- The adventure of the hasty elopement ; 1915: The wonders of magnetism -- Black eyes -- The lone game ; 1918: The unbeliever

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