/ / US / 1890-1900 / Edison, Thomas A. / non-fiction
PC: The Edison Manufacturing Company. Print source: Library of Congress.
World premiere in Pordenone of restored 35mm film prints copied from 35mm paper prints. Speed varies. The early ones were to be viewed at 20-40 fps. Until 1895 the films were meant for Kinetoscope viewing. Since 1896 they were manufactured to be projected. The duration was typically one minute. Pordenone, Cinema Verdi, piano accompaniment, 12-18 October 1997.
The viewing prints based on the paper prints do no do justice to the photographic quality of the originals. Of the 936 films, 539 survive. I saw close to a hundred of them. The films are non-fiction if not otherwise indicated.
Edison was the only motion picture producer in the world before 1895 and the leading American producer and distributor of 35mm films through 1900. He built the world’s first motion picture studio, Black Maria, for his productions.
The Pordenone retrospective was mounted to accompany the publication of Charles Musser’s seminal book - Edison Motion Pictures, 1890-1990. An Annotated Filmography (1997).
Mr. Edison At Work In His Chemical Laboratory (1897) - Edison # 344
Giant Coal Dumper (1897) - Edison # 353
Corner Madison and State Streets, Chicago (1897) - Edison # 354
Armour’s Electric Trolley (1897) - Edison # 355
Sheep Run, Chicago Stockyards (1897) - Edison # 356
Cattle Driven To Slaughter (1897) - Edison # 357
Racing At Sheepshead Bay (1897) - Edison # 358
Free-For-All Race At Charter Oak Park (1897) - Edison # 360
Philadelphia Express, Jersey Central Railway (1897) - Edison # 361
Admiral Cigarette (1897) - Edison # 362. Commercial: ”We all smoke”.
Overland Express Arriving At Helena, Montana (1897) - Edison # 363
Coaches Arriving At Mammoth Hot Springs (1897) - Edison # 365
Tourists Going Round Yellowstone Park (1897) - Edison # 366
Lower Falls, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone (1897) - Edison # 371
S.S. Queen Loading (1897) - Edison # 373
Loading Baggage For Klondike, No. 5 (1897) - Edison # 374
S.S. Queen Leaving Dock (1897) - Edison # 375
Horses Loading For Klondike, No. 9 (1897) - Edison # 376
Loading Baggage For Klondike (1897) - Edison # 376.1
S.S. Williamette Leaving For Klondike (1897) - Edison # 377
First Avenue, Seattle, Washington (1897) - Edison # 378
Fast Mail, Norther Pacific Railroad (1897) - Edison # 379
Dancing Darkey Boy (1897) - Edison # 385 - dance
Fisherman’s Luck (1897) - Edison # 386 - comedy
Bowery Waltz (1897) - Edison # 387- dance
Charity Ball (1897) - Edison # 388 - dance
Leander Sisters (1897) - Edison # 390 - dance
Cupid And Psyche (1897) - Edison # 391 - dance
Sutro Baths No. 1 (1897) - Edison # 392
Sutro Baths No. 2 (1897) - Edison # 393
Lurline Baths (1897) - Edison # 394
Fisherman’s Wharf (1897) - Edison # 395
Fishing Smacks (1897) - Edison # 396
Arrest In Chinatown, San Francisco (1897) - Edison # 397
S.S. Coptic At Dock (1897) - Edison # 398
S.S. Coptic Sailing Away (1897) - Edison # 399
S.S. Coptic In The Harbor (1897) - Edison # 400
Stanford University , California (1897) - Edison # 401
Hotel Vendome, San Jose, Cal. (1897) - Edison # 402
Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, Cal. (1897) - Edison # 403
Surf At Monterey (1897) - Edison # 404
Hotel Del Monte (1897) - Edison # 405
Launch Of Life Boat (1897) - Edison # 410
Capsize Of Lifeboat (1897) - Edison # 411
Return Of Lifeboat (1897) - Edison # 414
Chrissie Sheridan (1897) - Edison # 427 - dance
What Demoralized The Barber Shop (1897) - Edison # 443? - comedy: women’s feet
Wash Day In Mexico (1897) - Edison # 450?
South Spring Street, Los Angeles (1898) - Edison # 470
Going Through The Tunnel (1898) - Edison # 477
Sunset Limited, Southern Pacific Railway (1898) - Edison # 478
Freight Train (1898) - Edison # 479
Launch of Japanese Man-Of-War Chitose (1898) - Edison # 480
Launching, No. 2 (1898) - Edison # 481
After Launching (1898) - Edison # 482
Union Iron Works (1898) - Edison # 483
Feeding Sea Gulls (1898) - Edison # 484
Procession Of Floats (1898) - Edison # 485
Native Daughters (1898) - Edison # 486
Parade of Chinese (1898) - Edison # 487
Mount Tamalpais R.R., No. 1 (1898) - Edison # 488
Mount Tamalpais R.R., No. 2 (1898) - Edison # 489
Mount Taw, R.R., No. 3 (1898) - Edison # 490
Hockey Match On Ice (1898) - Edison # 495
Burial Of The ”Maine” Victims (1898) - Edison # 533
N.Y. Journal Despatch Yacht ”Buccaneer” (1898) - Edison # 535
Wreck Of The Battleship ”Maine” (1898) - Edison # 536
U.S. Battleship ”Indiana” (1898) - Edison # 540
Street Arab, A (1898) - Edison # 551 - breakdance
Cuban Refugees Waiting For Rations (1898) - Edison # 563
Troops Embarking At San Francisco (1898) - Edison # 576
Troop Ships For The Philippines (1898) - Edison # 577
Roosevelt’s Rough Riders Embarking For Santiago (1898) - Edison # 590
Cuban Volunteers Embarking (1898) - Edison # 591
U.S. Troop Landing At Daiquiri, Cuba (1898) - Edison # 595
Pack Mules With Ammunition On The Santiago Trail (1898) - Edison # 599
U.S. Cruiser ”Olympia” Leading Naval Parade (1899) - Edison # 735
Admiral Dewey Leading Land Parade, No. 1 (1899) - Edison # 741
Columbia Winning The Cup (1899) - Edison # 761
2nd Special Service Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Parade (1899) - Edison # 763
2nd Special Service Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Embarking For South Africa (1899) - Edison # 764
Automobile Parade (1899) - Edison # 767
Dick Croker Leaving Tammany Hall (1899) - Edison # 769
Why Jones Discharged His Clerks (1899) - Edison # 776 - comedy
Why Mrs. Jones Got A Divorce (1899) - Edison # 777 - comedy
Dull Razor, A (1900) - Edison # 784 - comedy
Animated Luncheon, An (1900) - Edison # 785 - magic
Faust and Marguerite (1900) - Edison # 786 - magic
Magician, The (1900) - Edison # 787 - magic
Ching Ling Foo Outdone (1900) - Edison # 788 - magic
Kiss, The (1900) - Edison # 789 - remake of the May Irwin Kiss
Artist’s Dream, An (1900) - Edison # 795 - magic
Mystic Swing, The (1900) - Edison # 796 - magic
Uncle Josh In A Spooky Hotel (1900) - Edison # 797 - magic
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