Robert Paul and the origins of British cinema /
Time Traveler, tells the story of the white-hot years of filmmaking in the 1890s and seeks nothing less than to restore Robert Paul to his rightful place in that scene. Paul improved upon the Kinetoscope (which Edison had neglected to patent in the United Kingdom). He also created the first movie ca...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2019.
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| Series: | Cinema and modernity.
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| Summary: | Time Traveler, tells the story of the white-hot years of filmmaking in the 1890s and seeks nothing less than to restore Robert Paul to his rightful place in that scene. Paul improved upon the Kinetoscope (which Edison had neglected to patent in the United Kingdom). He also created the first movie camera in the United Kingdom and went on to unveil a highly effective projector called the Theatograph in 1896. Paul patented numerous devices, including a wireless telegraphy kit and submarine navigation devices that were instrumental in World War I. This book covers Paul's life, the race among inventors (including Edison, the Lumieres and many more) to develop lucrative technologies, the jumbled culture of patent-snatching, tinkering, showmanship, music halls and movie palaces that then prevailed. |
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| Physical Description: | x, 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226105628 0226105628 9780226105635 0226105636 |