Movies: Thomas A. Edison

  • 2019
    Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

    Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019)

    Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

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    The history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers....

    Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
  • 2019
    The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley

    The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (2019)

    The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley

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    With a magical new invention that promised to revolutionize blood testing, Elizabeth Holmes became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire, heralded as the next Steve Jobs. Then, overnight, her 10-billion-dollar company dissolved. The rise and fal...

    The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
  • 1946
    Okay for Sound

    Okay for Sound (1946)

    Okay for Sound

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    This short was released in connection with the 20th anniversary of Warner Brothers' first exhibition of the Vitaphone sound-on-film process on 6 August 1926. The film highlights Thomas A. Edison and Alexander Graham Bell's efforts that contributed to...

    Okay for Sound
  • 1913
    The Old Guard

    The Old Guard (1913)

    The Old Guard

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    A veteran of the Napoleanic Wars recounts his memories and grants his blessings upon the marriage of his granddaughter and a young soldier....

    The Old Guard
  • 1990
    The Crash of 1929

    The Crash of 1929 (1990)

    The Crash of 1929

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    Based on eight years of continued prosperity, presidents and economists alike confidently predicted that America would soon enter a time when there would be no more poverty, no more depressions -- a "New Era" when everyone could be rich. But when re...

    The Crash of 1929
  • 1950
    The Golden Twenties

    The Golden Twenties (1950)

    The Golden Twenties

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    Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles, and historical figures....

    The Golden Twenties
  • 2011
    The Extraordinary Voyage

    The Extraordinary Voyage (2011)

    The Extraordinary Voyage

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    An account of the extraordinary life of film pioneer Georges Méliès (1861-1938) and the amazing story of the copy in color of his masterpiece A Trip to the Moon (1902), unexpectedly found in Spain and restored thanks to the heroic efforts of a group ...

    The Extraordinary Voyage
  • 2002
    Naqoyqatsi

    Naqoyqatsi (2002)

    Naqoyqatsi

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    A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence....

    Naqoyqatsi
  • 1913
    Jack's Joke

    Jack's Joke (1913)

    Jack's Joke

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    A comic sketch that features two players who think each one is deaf, causing them to shout. Part of the Edison Kinetophone Collection. The Kinetophone was a fairly complex mechanical means of creating talking pictures. Unlike previous systems, in whi...

    Jack's Joke
  • 1911
    Lucia di Lammermoor

    Lucia di Lammermoor (1911)

    Lucia di Lammermoor

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    Metropolitan Opera stars, tenor Enrico Caruso and bass-baritone Pol Plancon, in a scene from the opera "Lucia di Lammermoor" filmed in Edison sound-on-disc process known as Cinephonograph....

    Lucia di Lammermoor
  • 1901
    The Trick Cyclist

    The Trick Cyclist (1901)

    The Trick Cyclist

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    A comic short in which a tramp attempts to ride a bicycle, tumbling repeatedly before giving up in despair. A skilled rider then takes the stage, performing rope-jumping tricks while balanced on the wheel. Often attributed to British film pioneer R.W...

    The Trick Cyclist
  • 1914
    The Patchwork Girl of Oz

    The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914)

    The Patchwork Girl of Oz

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    Ojo and Unc Nunkie are out of food, so they decide to journey to the Emerald City where they will never starve. Along the way, they meet Mewel, a waif and stray (mule) who leads them to Dr. Pipt, who has been stirring the powder of life for nine year...

    The Patchwork Girl of Oz
  • 1998
    Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

    Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists (1998)

    Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

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    The careers of D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Charlie Chaplin are chronicled culminating in the formation of United Artists and 1919....

    Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
  • 2008
    Murnau, Borzage and Fox

    Murnau, Borzage and Fox (2008)

    Murnau, Borzage and Fox

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    Documentary focusing on the film careers F.W. Murnau, Frank Borzage and William Fox and their impact on the history of cinema....

    Murnau, Borzage and Fox
  • 1901
    President McKinley Taking the Oath

    President McKinley Taking the Oath (1901)

    President McKinley Taking the Oath

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    Filmed at the second inauguration of William McKinley on March 4, 1901, this short captures the president taking the oath of office at the U.S. Capitol. Although Thomas Edison has sometimes been mistakenly named as director, he was never credited as ...

    President McKinley Taking the Oath
  • 1910
    Frankenstein

    Frankenstein (1910)

    Frankenstein

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    Frankenstein, a young medical student, trying to create the perfect human being, instead creates a misshapen monster. Made ill by what he has done, Frankenstein is comforted by his fiancée; but on his wedding night he is visited by the monster....

    Frankenstein
  • 1895
    The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

    The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (1895)

    The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

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    A short film depicting the execution of Mary, Queen of the Scots. Mary is brought to the execution block and made to kneel down with her neck over it. The executioner lifts his axe ready to bring it down. After that frame Mary has been replaced by a ...

    The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
  • 1913
    The Musical Blacksmiths

    The Musical Blacksmiths (1913)

    The Musical Blacksmiths

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    The Edison Quartet perform songs as blacksmiths. This was one of 200 projects produced using the Edison Kinetophone system. The Kinetophone was a fairly complex mechanical means of creating talking pictures. Unlike previous systems, in which actors w...

    The Musical Blacksmiths
  • 1897
    Serpentine Dance - Annabelle

    Serpentine Dance - Annabelle (1897)

    Serpentine Dance - Annabelle

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    1897 version of Annabelle Moore performing a serpentine dance....

    Serpentine Dance - Annabelle
  • 1894
    Annie Oakley

    Annie Oakley (1894)

    Annie Oakley

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    A short Edison Black Maria studio film featuring famed sharpshooter Annie Oakley, known as “Little Sure Shot.” Born Phoebe Ann Oakley Mozee in Ohio in 1860, she rose to global fame performing with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show. Accompanied (likely) b...

    Annie Oakley