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1903 In Film
The year 1903 in film involved many significant events in cinema. Events * Thomas Edison demolishes "America's First Movie Studio", the Black Maria. * The three elder Warner Bros. begin in the exhibition business and open their first theater, the Cascade. * Gaston Méliès, Georges' brother, opens a branch of Star Film in New York to defend its production's copyrights. * Adolph Zukor and Marcus Loew partner with Mitchell Mark to expand his chain of movie theaters. * William N. Selig's war film ''A Soldier's Dream'' is released. The film shows soldiers playing cards and music around a campfire. Scholars have speculated that the double-exposed image used to create one soldier's dream sequence may have been inspired by Méliès. Films released in 1903 A * '' Alice in Wonderland'', directed by Cecil Hepworth and Percy Stow, based on the 1865 novel by Lewis Carroll – ( GB) * '' The Apparition (Le Revenant)'', directed by Georges Méliès – (France) C * ''Capital Executio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventions, which include the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and early versions of the electric light bulb, have had a widespread impact on the modern industrialized world. He was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of organized science and teamwork to the process of invention, working with many researchers and employees. He established the first industrial research laboratory. Edison was raised in the American Midwest. Early in his career he worked as a telegraph operator, which inspired some of his earliest inventions. In 1876, he established his first laboratory facility in Menlo Park, New Jersey, where many of his early inventions were developed. He later established a botanical laboratory in Fort Myers, Florida, in co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Apparition (1903 Film)
''The Apparition, or Mr. Jones' Comical Experience With a Ghost'' (french: Le Revenant), also known as ''The Ghost and the Candle'' and as ''Apparitions'', is a 1903 French short silent film by Georges Méliès. Plot An elderly traveler arrives at an inn. After making a pass at the hotel maid, he sits down and attempts to read by candlelight. To his astonishment, the candle refuses to cooperate, moving around the table and then growing to incredible height. Finally it moves so close that the newspaper catches fire. From the fire comes an apparition of a woman, with whom the traveler is fascinated. As he kneels to court her, she changes into a grotesque, shrouded ghost, who dances in a blurry haze and walks right through the enraged traveler. The traveler tries to attack the ghost, but only manages to shatter his dinner tray, to the amusement of the hotel staff. Production Méliès plays the traveler in the film, which achieves its special effects with a combination of pyrotechni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diving Lucy
''Diving Lucy'' is a 1903 British silent comedy film produced by Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon. Plot A policeman is alerted to a pair of female legs protruding from the surface of a pond. He attempts to rescue the woman, but discovers that the legs are fake, with a sign saying "RATS" at the bottom. He then falls in the lake himself. Production ''Diving Lucy'' was filmed at the boating lake in Queen's Park, Blackburn. Reception The film was the most successful Mitchell & Kenyon film. A reviewer in '' The Talking Machine News'' described it as a "decided novelty", concluding "we do not remember seeing anything similar before". It was also released in America in February 1904, where the Biograph Company advertised it as "the biggest English comedy hit of the year". Alongside Bio-graph, the film was also distributed by the Edison Manufacturing Company. Legacy The popularity of ''Diving Lucy'' prompted director Frank Mottershaw to copy the film's premise in a 1907 production ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Haggar
William Haggar (10 March 1851 – 4 February 1925) was a British pioneer of the cinema industry. Beginning his career as a travelling entertainer, Haggar, whose large family formed his theatre company, later bought a Bioscope show and earned his money in the fairgrounds of south Wales. In 1902 he began making his own short fictional films, making him one of the earliest directors in Britain. His films were shown worldwide and his short ''Desperate Poaching Affray'' is believed to have influenced early narrative drama in American film, especially in chase genre. As a director Haggar is recognised for his use of editing and the depth of staging in his melodramas and crime films. Early history Haggar was born in Dedham, Essex, where he was apprenticed as a shipbuilder and later a watchmaker. An accomplished musician, Haggar left home at the age of eighteen and joined a troupe of travelling players, working as a stage carpenter. In 1870 he married Sarah Walton, daughter of Richard Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desperate Poaching Affray
''Desperate Poaching Affray'' (known in the United States as ''The Poachers'') is a 1903 British chase film by Wales-based film producer William Haggar. Three minutes long, the film is recognised as an early influence on narrative drama in American film, especially in the chase genre. The film used a number of innovative techniques including on-location shooting, panning shots, and unconventional use of screen edges. The film, along with Frank Mottershaw's film ''A Daring Daylight Burglary'', is considered to have helped launch the chase subgenre and influenced Edwin S. Porter's '' The Great Train Robbery''. Plot The film plot is slight and consists of a group of three hunters coming across two poachers. A chase ensues and the poachers flee while shots are exchanged. Despite the film's rural setting, the hunters are able to call upon police officers who join in the chase before the poachers are apprehended while crossing a stream. Film history British director William Haggar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Mottershaw
Frank Mottershaw (1850–1932) (often confused with his second son, Frank Storm Mottershaw) was an early English cinema director based in Sheffield, Yorkshire. His films, ''A Daring Daylight Burglary'' and ''The Robbery of the Mail Coach'' (featuring a protagonist based on Jack Sheppard, the infamous 18th-century English highwayman), made in April and September 1903, are regarded as highly influential on the development of Edwin Porter’s paradigmatic "chase film" '' The Great Train Robbery'' of December 1903, and often claimed as the prototype of the action film. The uniqueness of Mottershaw's ''A Daring Daylight Burglary'' is seen in the way it tracks a single action through changing locations. Henry Jasper Redfern and Mottershaw made the first motion pictures filmed outdoors in Sheffield. In 1900 Mottershaw formed the Sheffield Photo Company, which by 1905 was one of the leading film companies in the country.Abel, Richard. (2005). Encyclopedia of early cinema. Taylor & Franci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Daring Daylight Burglary
''A Daring Daylight Burglary'' (also known as ''A Daring Daylight Robbery'') is a 1903 British short silent film directed by Frank Mottershaw. The film was produced by the Sheffield Photo Company, and features members from the Sheffield Fire Brigade as part of the cast. Mottershaw also employed actors from local music halls and paid them ten shillings for a day's work. Techniques used in Edwin S. Porter's '' The Great Train Robbery'' (considered to be the first American-made Western film), released later the same year, were inspired by those used in Mottershaw's film. Synopsis A burglar breaks into a country house after scaling the garden wall. He is spotted by a boy who runs to alert the police. Two policemen arrive and climb the wall. After a struggle with one of the policemen, the burglar throws him off the roof. An ambulance An ambulance is a medically equipped vehicle which transports patients to treatment facilities, such as hospitals. Typically, out-of-hospital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Damnation Of Faust (film)
''Faust aux enfers'', released in the United States as ''The Damnation of Faust'' and in Britain as ''The Condemnation of Faust'', is a 1903 French short silent film directed by Georges Méliès. Production Méliès had previously filmed two other adaptations of the Faust legend: '' Faust and Marguerite'' (1897) and '' Damnation of Faust'' (1898). The 1903 ''Damnation of Faust'' was his third version. In 1904, he would make a fourth and last straightforward adaptation, '' Faust and Marguerite'', but his later films '' The Merry Frolics of Satan'' (1905) and '' The Knight of the Snows'' (1912) are also inspired by the legend. According to Méliès's American catalogue, the direct inspiration for the 1903 version was Hector Berlioz's musical work ''La damnation de Faust''. Méliès plays Mephistopheles in the film. The dancing masked demons have the same costumes as those in '' The Infernal Cake Walk'', a Méliès film made earlier in 1903. The elaborate painted scenery for the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert W
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Chess Dispute
''A Chess Dispute'' is a 1903 British short black-and-white silent comedy film, directed by Robert W. Paul, starring Alfred Collins. It is included on the BFI DVD ''R.W. Paul: The Collected Films 1895-1908''. Release The film was released on August 31, 1903. Plot The movies depicts a stationary camera which looks on as two dapper gents play a game of chess. One drinks and smokes, and when he looks away, his opponent moves two pieces. A comedic fight ensues, first with the squirting of a soda siphon The soda siphon (sometimes spelled syphon), also known as the seltzer bottle or siphon seltzer bottle, is a device for storing and dispensing carbonated beverages (typically carbonated water) while maintaining the internal pressure, thereby preven ..., then with each punching the other. The opponents wrestle each other to the floor and continue the fight out of the camera's view, hidden by the table. The waiter then arrives to haul them out of the hotel. References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Danish Films Before 1910 ...
The following table is a list of films produced in Denmark or in the Danish language before 1910. For an alphabetical list of all Danish films currently on Wikipedia see :Danish films. For Danish films from other decades see the Cinema of Denmark box above. External links Danish filmat the Internet Movie Database about danish movies 1897-1900 {{DEFAULTSORT:Danish Films: Pre 1910 1890s Films Danish Films Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Elfelt
Peter Elfelt (1 January 1866 – 18 February 1931) was a Denmark, Danish photographer and film director known as the first movie pioneer in Denmark when he began making documentary films in 1897. Biography Peter Elfelt was born Peter Lars Petersen in Denmark on 1 January 1866. (He changed his name to Elfelt when he began making films.) He apprenticed in photography in Hillerød in 1893 with the photographer Carl Rathsack. He also studied with the camera builder Jens Poul Andersen. In 1893, Elfelt opened his own atelier in Copenhagen with his two brothers as his assistants. As his photographic skills became appreciated, his business flourished and by 1901 Elfelt was named "Kongelige Hoffotograf" (Royal Court Photographer). During a trip to Paris in 1896, Elfelt obtained a set of detailed ''Cinematographe'' plans from the French inventor Jules Carpentier. He had a film camera constructed by Jens Poul Andersen. In the beginning of 1897, he shot the first Danish film – a one-minu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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