American Mutoscope and Biograph Company

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/American_Mutoscope_and_Biograph_Company

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:film_production_company historical company
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:American_Biograph gptkb:Biograph_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:Manhattan,_New_York_City
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
gptkbp:industry	gptkb:film
gptkbp:location	gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:notable_for	first company in the U.S. devoted entirely to film production and exhibition launching the careers of many early film stars pioneering early motion picture technology
gptkbp:notableEmployee	gptkb:Arthur_V._Johnson gptkb:Florence_Lawrence gptkb:Robert_Harron gptkb:Mary_Pickford gptkb:D._W._Griffith gptkb:Lionel_Barrymore gptkb:Lillian_Gish gptkb:G._W._Bitzer gptkb:Mae_Marsh gptkb:Mack_Sennett gptkb:Blanche_Sweet
gptkbp:notableEvent	antitrust litigation with Edison early sound film experiments first U.S. film copyright (1897) introduction of close-up shot in film introduction of cross-cutting editing technique member of Motion Picture Patents Company
gptkbp:notableWork	gptkb:Judith_of_Bethulia gptkb:The_Lonedale_Operator gptkb:The_Musketeers_of_Pig_Alley gptkb:The_Adventures_of_Dollie gptkb:Rescued_by_Rover Birth of a Nation (early involvement)
gptkbp:product	gptkb:Mutoscope gptkb:Biograph_films motion pictures
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Biograph_Studios
gptkbp:technology	gptkb:Biograph_camera gptkb:Mutoscope_viewer large-format 68mm film
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Biograph_Company
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5