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Summary:

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. This third disc of a four disc set contains films produced between 1908-1913.

Table of Contents:

• Cohen's fire sale; Rivals; Trainer's daughter or, A race for love; College chums; Laughing gas; Little girl who did not believe in Santa Claus; Suburbanite's ingenious alarm; Rescued from an eagle's nest; Fireside reminiscences; Cupid's pranks; Tale the Autumn leaves told (fragment); House of cards; New York of today; How Bumptious papered the parlor; Thirty days at hard labor; Passer-by; Totville eye; Public and private care of infants; Unsullied shield.

Contributors:

Wood, Bret

Higgins, Steven

Musser, Charles

Loughney, Patrick

Wallace, Michele

Bowser, Eileen

Israel, Paul

Koszarski, Richard

Carli, Philip

Mirsalis, Jon C.

Model, Ben

Sosin, Donald

Wilson, Clark

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)

Library of Congress

Kino International Corporation

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

In English.

Included Works:

Cohen's fire sale

Rivals

Trainer's daughter or, A race for love

College chums

Laughing gas

Rescued from an eagle's nest

Cupid's pranks

House of cards

Passer-by

Totville eye

Unsullied shield

Subjects:

Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931

Edison Electric Light Company

Motion picture industry — United States

Motion picture producers and directors — United States

Motion picture industry

Motion picture producers and directors

United States

System Details:

DVD.

Performers:

Interviews: Steven Higgins, Charles Musser, Patrick Loughney, Michele Wallace, Eileen Bowser, Paul Israel, Richard Koszarski.

Production Credits:

Produced by Bret Wood; Photography, Michael Schmidt ; music composers, Philip Carli, Jon C. Mirsalis, Ben Model, Donald Sosin, Clark Wilson.

General Notes:

Special features: Over 200 scans - including stills, script fragments, interoffice memos, and promotions; film by film program notes.
Duration: 840 min. (Discs 1-4)
Videodisc release of films originally produced between 1908-1913.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc : sound, color and black & white ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; polychrome; monochrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

PN1993.5.A1 EDI 2005 DVD v.3

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 738329038328
Publisher Number, Kino on Video: 03832

OCLC Numbers:

1053066769
58724318 [Invalid]