American Mutoscope & Biograph Company

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Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:film_production_company
gptkbp:ceased_operations 1928
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:founded 1895
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Elias_Koopman
gptkb:Henry_Marvin
gptkb:Herman_Casler
gptkb:William_Kennedy_Dickson
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:New_York_City
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label American Mutoscope & Biograph Company
gptkbp:industry motion pictures
gptkbp:notable_for first company in the U.S. devoted entirely to film production
first U.S. company to use 35mm film
first U.S. company to use the Biograph camera
first U.S. company to use the Mutoscope viewer
first U.S. company to use the flip-card viewer
first U.S. company to use the mutoscope camera
first U.S. company to use the mutoscope card
first U.S. company to use the mutoscope film
first U.S. company to use the mutoscope lens
first U.S. company to use the mutoscope light
first U.S. company to use the mutoscope machine
first U.S. company to use the mutoscope projector
first U.S. company to use the mutoscope reel
first U.S. company to use the mutoscope screen
first U.S. company to use the mutoscope viewer
first U.S. company to use the peep show device
launching careers of major silent film stars
pioneering early cinema techniques
producing over 3,000 short films
gptkbp:notableEmployee gptkb:Florence_Lawrence
gptkb:Mary_Pickford
gptkb:D._W._Griffith
gptkb:Lionel_Barrymore
gptkb:Lillian_Gish
gptkb:Mae_Marsh
gptkb:Mack_Sennett
gptkb:Blanche_Sweet
gptkb:Billy_Bitzer
gptkbp:notableFilm gptkb:A_Corner_in_Wheat
gptkb:Judith_of_Bethulia
gptkb:The_Musketeers_of_Pig_Alley
gptkb:The_Great_Train_Robbery
gptkb:Rescued_by_Rover
gptkbp:originalName gptkb:American_Mutoscope_Company
gptkbp:renamed gptkb:Biograph_Company
gptkbp:technology gptkb:Biograph_camera
gptkb:Mutoscope
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:A_Gambler's_Death
gptkb:The_$2,000,000_Tip
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6