Oh, the other short that blew my mind on that Edison collection was a sound film from 1894. 1894!!! Remarkable.
Now, this would be the perfect time for a swear word.
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Kathy A - Nov 02, 2010 8:33:02 pm PDT #11880 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Fiona - Nov 02, 2010 9:20:10 pm PDT #11881 of 30000
Oh, the other short that blew my mind on that Edison collection was a sound film from 1894.
Is that the one with William Dickson playing the violin? Actually, it made a lot of sense for Edison to experiment with sound-on-disc. He initially saw the cinema as a sort of phonograph-for-the-eyes anyway, hence the Kinetoscope.
Both The Great Train Robbery and Dream of a Rarebit Fiend are by Edwin S. Porter, one of the most interesting characters in early cinema, and arguably the first important American director.
Kathy A - Nov 03, 2010 3:08:19 am PDT #11882 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Is that the one with William Dickson playing the violin?
Yep.
The star of The Great Train Robbery (at least, the bad guy featured at the end, shooting at the camera) was Bronco Billy Anderson, who went on to co-found Essenay Studios in Chicago (he was the "A" in S&A = Essanay), where Charlie Chaplin made some of his early films. The studio building is still there, now occupied by a college, and the main studio space is being used as a lecture hall.
Sue - Nov 03, 2010 3:32:46 am PDT #11883 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Edwin S. Porter, one of the most interesting characters in early cinema, and arguably the first important American director.
Is this the same guy who had Wormwood's Dog and Monkey Travelling Movie Show? It showed the first motion pictures in Nova Scotia, and a much beloved, but now closed rep cinema was named after it.
sumi - Nov 03, 2010 7:59:30 am PDT #11884 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
James Nesbitt has been cast as Bofur in The Hobbit.
beekaytee - Nov 03, 2010 8:24:52 am PDT #11885 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Nesbitt is my latest sooper sekrit celebrity boyfriend. I approve of him in anything.
le nubian - Nov 03, 2010 9:15:56 am PDT #11886 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Laga - Nov 03, 2010 9:35:49 am PDT #11887 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Typo Boy - Nov 03, 2010 10:28:01 am PDT #11888 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Can you imagine having William H. Macy as your babysitter?
My older Brother had Jerry Lewis as his baby sitter growing up
flea - Nov 03, 2010 10:37:32 am PDT #11889 of 30000
information libertarian
One of mr. flea's grad school colleagues had Sarah Jessica Parker as a babysitter.