This film was made to introduce Edison's Kinetophone, a double system sound-on-cylinder system. It only lasted about a year. The actor is believed to be...
SUMMARY Experimental sound film made for Edison's kinetophone -- a combination of the kinetoscope and phonograph -- but apparently never distributed. The LC copy is...
Joseph McAllister stars in Herman Caslers Mutoscope picture show Ghost Troubles. Shown through the Mutoscope viewer, the flip book photos come to life to reveal...
The kinetoscope (ki-net-uh-skohp) is an individual motion picture viewing device. It was invented in 1888 by Thomas Edison, and was constructed and further developed during...
This short film was a test for Edison's "Kinetophone" project, the first attempt in history to record sound and moving image in synchronization. This was...