Kinetograph was filmed at Black Maria, a studio out in Orange, New Jersey, where Edison created this technology and operated regularly. You would think that Edison would just take his new ...

In 1894, Edison initiated public film screenings in recently-opened "Kinetograph Parlors." Again, the French were working towards the same end. In 1895, Auguste and Louis Lumière introduced the ...

This new illustrated series explores some of the most iconic moments in the history of film. We begin with Thomas Edison, the inventor of the kinetograph ...

In 1894, Edison initiated public film screenings in recently-opened "Kinetograph Parlors." Again, the French were working towards the same end. In 1895, Auguste and Louis Lumière introduced the ...