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AMERICAN MUTOSCOPE AND BIOGRAPH COMPANY

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L'American Mutoscope and Biograph Company

The American Mutoscope (1895-1899)

Les quatre figures du "KMCD Syndicate" - ont eu des parcours qui les ont conduits à nouer des liens au cours des années 1880-1890. L'électricien Harry Marvin a travaillé pour l'Edison Electric Light Co. (New York) entre 1883 et 1885 et W. K. L. Dickson est l'un des plus proches collaborateurs de Thomas A. Edison auprès duquel il travaille depuis 1883. En outre, Dickson et Herman Casler déposent, en novembre 1893, un brevet pour un appareil photographique, le Photoret qui va être commercialisé par Elias KoopmanDickson évoque ainsi l'origine de la société The American Mutoscope Company :

In conclusion, when I left Mr. Edison's laboratory in 1895, having accomplished the problems assigned to me, I joined my friends Messrs. H. N. Marvin, E. B. Koopman, and Herman Casler*} to carry out a new method of reproducing motion by means of a pack of cards, which I had devised shortly after I had left Mr. Edison. This device we called the "Mutoscope." The cards were viewed both as a peep show and as booklets given out by manufacturers for publicity purposes. A syndicate was immediately formed, and our master mechanician, Mr. Herman Casler, worked out his famous "punch as you go" {** The Biographic camera had an intermittent movement consisting of a double mutilated, rubber-covered roller. When portions of the roller having the thicker radii came together on revolving, the film was moved forward.}taking camera.** When it was ready, I managed to secure some very stirring pictures.


DICKSON, 1933: 454.

The American Mutoscope Company est fondée à Jersey City (New Jersey) par Herman Casler, W. K. L. Dickson, Elias Koopman et Harry Marvin. Elle dispose d'un capital de $2 millions.

 

L'American Mutoscope and Biograph Company (1899-1909)

Biograph Company (1909-)

L'American Mutoscope and Biograph Company est fondée en décembre 1895

La Biograph and Mutoscope Company (France)

Voir Eugène Lauste.

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