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Wallace McCutcheon, Sr.
Wallace McCutcheon Sr. (New York City, 1858 or 1862 – Brooklyn, New York, October 3, 1918) was a pioneer cinematographer and director in the early American motion picture industry, working with the American Mutoscope & Biograph, Edison and American Star Film companies. McCutcheon's wealth of credits are often mixed up with the small handful of films directed by his son, Wallace McCutcheon Jr. (1884–1928). Biography Referred to affectionately as "Old Man" McCutcheon by members of the Biograph stock company, by 1907 he was indeed one of the senior figures in American film production. Little is known of his background, but he had apparently moved into the early film industry from stage direction. Under the encouragement of his friend Frank J. Marion, Frank Marion, McCutcheon began working as a supervisor and director for American Mutoscope in 1897, continuing with them after their reorganization as American Mutoscope & Biograph in 1899. By the time he left Biograph for Edison in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Mutoscope & Biograph
The Biograph Company, also known as the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, was a motion picture company founded in 1895 and active until 1916. It was the first company in the United States devoted entirely to Filmmaking, film production and exhibition, and for two decades was one of the most prolific, releasing over 3000 short films and 12 feature films. During the height of silent film as a medium, Biograph was America's most prominent film studio and one of the most respected and influential studios worldwide, only rivaled by Weimar culture, Germany's Universum Film AG, UFA, Sweden's Svensk Filmindustri and French Third Republic, France's Pathé. The company was home to pioneering director D. W. Griffith and such actors as Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish, and Lionel Barrymore. Founding The company was started by William Kennedy Dickson, an inventor at Thomas Edison's laboratory who helped pioneer the technology of capturing moving images on film. Dickson left Edison in Apr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Black Hand (1906)
Black Hand or The Black Hand may refer to: Extortionists and underground groups * Black Hand (anarchism) (''La Mano Negra''), a presumed secret, anarchist organization based in the Andalusian region of Spain during the early 1880s * Black Hand (extortion), an extortion racket practised by the Camorra and Mafia members in Italy and the United States ** Black Hand (Chicago), the extortion as practised in Chicago * Black Hand (Mandatory Palestine) (''al-Kaff al-Aswad''), an Islamist militant group in the British Mandate of Palestine in the 1930s * Black Hand (Serbia) (''Црна Рука''), a secret society devoted to Serbian unification in the 1910s * Black Hand (Slovenia) (''Črna roka''), an anti-communist organization that carried out assassinations in the Slovene Lands during World War II * Yiddish Black Hand, a.k.a. Jewish Black Hand Association, a criminal organization that operated on New York's Lower East Side during the early 20th century People * Black Hand (graffiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night Before Christmas (1905 Film)
''The Night Before Christmas'' is a 1905 American silent short film directed by Edwin S. Porter for the Edison Manufacturing Company. It closely follows Clement Clarke Moore's 1823 poem ''Twas the Night Before Christmas'', and was the first film production of the poem. Plot summary Scenes are introduced using lines of the poem. Santa Claus, played by Harry Eytinge, is shown feeding real reindeer and finishes his work in the workshop. Meanwhile, the children of a city household hang their stockings and go to bed, but unable to sleep they engage in a pillow fight. Santa Claus leaves his home on a sleigh with his reindeer. He enters the children's house through the chimney and leaves the presents. The children come down the stairs and enjoy their Christmas presents. Production 1,670 ft of film was shot, with 798 ft used. A panoramic shot of Santa Claus riding his sleigh over hills and the moon was shot using miniatures and a painted backdrop. The film is available on the K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Miller's Daughter (1905 Film)
''The Miller's Daughter'' is a 1905 American silent film produced by Edison Manufacturing Company. Edison employees Wallace McCutcheon and Edwin S. Porter are generally credited as directors.Niver, Kemp (1967). ''Motion Pictures From The Library of Congress Paper Print Collection 1894-1912.'' University of California Press, The film is based on the melodrama '' Hazel Kirke'' by Steele MacKaye. Plot In the original play, Hazel Kirke, daughter of miller Dunstan Kirke, is expected to marry Aaron Rodney because he rescued their mill from insolvency. She instead marries Arthur Carrington, Lord Travers against her father's wishes. Carrington's mother also disapproves, and tells Hazel the marriage is illegal because her son is already married. Despondent, Hazel tries to drown herself, but Carrington rescues her.Bordman, Gerald; Hischak, Thomas S. (2004). ''The Oxford Companion to American Theatre.'' Oxford University Press, In Porter's adaptation, Carringford is a sophisticated urb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The White Caps
''The White Caps'' is a 1905 American silent drama film, directed by Wallace McCutcheon and Edwin S. Porter showing how a man abusing his wife is punished by a group of white-hooded men. It is one of the first American films exposing conjugal violence against women and showing the action of vigilante groups.Review and link to watch the film: Plot Two members of a vigilante group known as 'The White Caps' post a warning sign on a man's home. When the man comes home, he tears down the sign and abuses his wife both verbally and physically. The wife flees from home with her child to find a place of refuge. When the vigilantes find out, they arm themselves with rifles and confront the abusive husband. After a chase he is tarred and feathered and expelled from the community. Cast *Kate Toncray as The wife *Lionel Barrymore or John Wade as The abusive husband * John R. Cumpson * Arthur V. Johnson Production The film was shot on location in August 1905 in Demarest and Fort Lee in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Suburbanite
''The Suburbanite'' is a 1904 American short comedy silent film directed by Wallace McCutcheion and starring John Troiano. The film was produced and distributed by the American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive and in the Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of ... film archive. Plot The film is about a family who move to the suburbs, hoping for a quiet life. Things start to go wrong, and the wife gets violent and starts throwing crockery, leading to her arrest. Cast *John Troiano Reception Pamela Robertson Wojcik considers the film to be a landmark film for actors, noting that the "comic characters had assumed a more central position in the mise-en-scene", and as a result, the actor's skills were "incre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lost Child (1904 Film)
''The Lost Child'' is a 1904 American short silent comedy film produced by the American Mutoscope & Biograph Company and directed by Wallace McCutcheon, Sr.Review and link to watch the film: Plot A mother sets down her child in the front yard and goes back into the house for a brief moment. As soon as she is gone, the child walks into the doghouse. When the mother comes back outside, she does not see where the child has gone, and when she sees a man in the street with a basket, she runs after him. Soon she has the whole neighborhood in turmoil. Cast * Kathryn Osterman Production and Distribution The film was entirely filmed on location in Brooklyn, New-York, notably in Fort Hamilton. It was allegedly based on a recent incident of the era. It was produced and distributed by the American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. John L. Fell reports that in November 1904, ''The Mirror'' applauded The Lost Child as a remarkable picture. Analysis The film is composed of 11 shots forming one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Widow And The Only Man
''The Widow and the Only Man'' is a 1904 American short silent comedy film produced by the American Mutoscope & Biograph Company and directed by Wallace McCutcheon, Sr.Review and link to watch the film: Plot A group of women sitting on the veranda of a resort hotel. First the woman arrives, and later the man. The film then shows their friendship progressing as they dine together, ride in a carriage together, and boat together. When they are boating, the boat turns over, and the man rescues the widow. A later scene shows a box of flowers being delivered to the widow, and the camera moves in to a close-up of the woman as she admires each flower and back out to show the arrival of her suitor. The denouement takes place later in a dry goods store. The widow walks in and promptly faints when she discovers that the ribbon clerk is none other than her gallant summer beau.Kemp R. Niver, ''Early Motion Pictures: The Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress'', Library of Congress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Moonshiner (1904 Film)
''The Moonshiner'' is a 1904 American short silent action film produced by the American Mutoscope & Biograph Company and directed by Wallace McCutcheon, Sr. Plot A family of moonshiners loads several jugs of illicit whiskey onto a horse-drawn wagon. They leave to make a transaction. A government agent ("The Revenue Spy") observes their departure and heads after them on horseback. The agent observes the family trading the moonshine for corn, thus securing the evidence. The agent heads back to notify his colleagues, and they all leave to make the arrest. Meanwhile, the moonshiners go to work on their still. Significant footage is devoted to showing the methods and procedures of operating the still, which adds a documentary dimension to the film. The lookout is ambushed and apprehended by the government agents, who proceed to have a gunfight with the two outlaws operating the still. One of the outlaws is killed and the other flees, only to be shot by another agent. In retri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kit Carson (1903 Film)
''Kit Carson'' is one of the earliest Western films, being released by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company in October 1903. (According to silentera.com, portions may have been released the month before.) Part of the footage was reused in '' The Pioneers'', another Western short also released by Biograph in October 1903. Both films were shot on location in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. Plot Kit Carson Christopher Houston Carson (December 24, 1809 – May 23, 1868) was an American frontiersman. He was a fur trapper, wilderness guide, Indian agent, and U.S. Army officer. He became a frontier legend in his own lifetime by biographies and n ... and another trapper are attacked by Indians in the wilderness; Carson is taken prisoner and his companion killed. He escapes, but is recaptured and taken to his captors' village. There, a maiden takes pity on him and cuts his bonds, enabling him to escape again and return home to his loving family. References Extern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pioneers (1903 Film)
''The Pioneers'' is an American silent film and one of the earliest Westerns, having been released by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company in October 1903. It incorporates part of the footage from ''Kit Carson'', another Western short also released by Biograph in October 1903. Both films were shot on location in the Adirondack Mountains The Adirondack Mountains (; a-də-RÄN-dak) form a massif in northeastern New York with boundaries that correspond roughly to those of Adirondack Park. They cover about 5,000 square miles (13,000 km2). The mountains form a roughly circular ... of New York. Plot A little girl is captured by a band of Indians and her settler parents killed. Some trappers come upon the bodies and set out in pursuit. They track down and kill all the Indians and free the girl. References External links * * The Pioneers at silentera.com, with a detailed synopsis from "Biograph promotional materials" {{DEFAULTSORT:Pioneers (1903 film) 1903 film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, extraterrestrial life, sentient artificial intelligence, cybernetics, certain forms of immortality (like mind uploading), and the singularity. Science fiction predicted several existing inventions, such as the atomic bomb, robots, and borazon, whose names entirely match their fictional predecessors. In addition, science fiction might serve as an outlet to facilitate future scientific and technological innovations. Science fiction can trace its roots to ancient mythology. It is also related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction and contains many subgenres. Its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Science fiction, in literature, film, television, and other media, has become popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
