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Edison : 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 pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), Library of Congress, Kino International Corporation
Other Authors: Wood, Bret, Higgins, Steven, Musser, Charles, Loughney, Patrick, Wallace, Michele, Bowser, Eileen, Israel, Paul, Koszarski, Richard, Schmidt, Michael, Carli, Philip
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Kino on Video, c2005.
Subjects:
Silent films.
Edison, Thomas A. > (Thomas Alva), > 1847-1931.
Edison Electric Light Company.
Motion picture industry > United States.
Motion picture producers and directors > United States.
Motion pictures, American.
Short films.

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