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MOVING PICTURES
HOW THEY ARE MADE AND WORKED
CONQUESTS OF SCIENCE
Uniform with this Volume.
BY FREDERICK A. TALBOT
THE OIL CONQUEST OF THE WORLD
LIGHTSHIPS AND LIGHTHOUSES
THE RAILWAY CONQUEST OF THE WORLD
STEAMSHIP CONQUEST OF THE WORLD
Philadelphia: J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
London: WILLIAM HEINEMANN
Frontispiece.
TRICK CINEMATOGRAPHY—THE AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT.
The producer giving instructions to the principal actor and his double, the legless cripple.The dummy legs in the foreground.—See page 211.
CONQUESTS OF SCIENCE
MOVING PICTURES
HOW THEY ARE MADE AND WORKED
BY
FREDERICK A. TALBOT
NEW EDITION
ILLUSTRATED
Philadelphia: J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
London: WILLIAM HEINEMANN
1914
First Printed, January, 1912
Revised Edition, December, 1912
New Edition, November, 1914
Printed in England.
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PREFACE
The marvellous, universal popularity of moving picturesis my reason for writing this volume. A vast industry hasbeen established of which the great majority of picture-palacepatrons have no idea, and the moment appearstimely to describe the many branches of the art.
I have endeavoured to deal with the whole subject in apopular and comprehensive manner. I have been assistedby several friends, who have enabled me to throw considerablelight upon the early history of motion photographyand the many problems that had to be masteredbefore it met with public appreciation:—MM. Weiss andBull, the Director and Assistant-Director respectively ofthe Marey Institute in Paris; M. Georges Demeny;Messrs. Frank L. Dyer, the President of Thomas A.Edison, Incorporated; W. F. Greene, Robert W. Paul,James Williamson, Lumière & Sons, Richard G. Hollaman,the Eastman Kodak Company, Dr. J. Comandon,F. Percy Smith, Albert Smith, and the numerous firmsengaged in one or other of the various branches of theindustry.
I am indebted especially to the editor of L’Illustration,the well-known Parisian illustrated weekly newspaper, inconjunction with the Société des Établissement