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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:film_production_company
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gptkbp:acquiredBy
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gptkb:Herbert_Yates
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gptkbp:ceased_operations
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1916
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gptkbp:cinematography
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gptkb:G._W._Bitzer
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:founded
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1895
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gptkbp:founder
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gptkb:Elias_Koopman
gptkb:Henry_Marvin
gptkb:Herman_Casler
gptkb:William_Kennedy_Dickson
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gptkbp:genre
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silent film
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gptkbp:headquarters_location
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gptkb:New_York_City
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Biograph Company
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gptkbp:industry
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gptkb:film
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gptkbp:notable_era
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silent era
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gptkbp:notable_short_film
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gptkb:A_Corner_in_Wheat
gptkb:The_Battle_at_Elderbush_Gulch
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gptkbp:notableActor
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gptkb:Mary_Pickford
gptkb:Henry_B._Walthall
gptkb:Lionel_Barrymore
gptkb:Lillian_Gish
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gptkbp:notableDirector
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gptkb:D._W._Griffith
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gptkbp:notableEmployee
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gptkb:Arthur_V._Johnson
gptkb:Florence_Lawrence
gptkb:Robert_Harron
gptkb:Mary_Pickford
gptkb:D._W._Griffith
gptkb:Henry_B._Walthall
gptkb:Lionel_Barrymore
gptkb:Donald_Crisp
gptkb:Lillian_Gish
gptkb:G._W._Bitzer
gptkb:Mae_Marsh
gptkb:Mack_Sennett
gptkb:Blanche_Sweet
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gptkbp:notableFor
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gptkb:Biograph_Studios
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gptkbp:notableInvention
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close-up shot
cross-cutting editing technique
narrative film structure
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gptkbp:notablePlace
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gptkb:Bronx,_New_York
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gptkbp:notableWork
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gptkb:Judith_of_Bethulia
gptkb:Rescued_from_an_Eagle's_Nest
gptkb:The_Lonedale_Operator
gptkb:The_Musketeers_of_Pig_Alley
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gptkbp:originalName
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gptkb:American_Mutoscope_and_Biograph_Company
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gptkbp:significance
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pioneered early motion picture technology
first company in the United States devoted entirely to film production
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gptkbp:technology
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gptkb:Biograph_camera
gptkb:Mutoscope
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Motion_Picture_Patents_Company
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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