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The man who invented motion pictures : a true tale of obsession, murder and the movies, Paul Fischer
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- Summary
- In 1888 Louis Le Prince shot the world's first motion picture in Leeds, England. In 1890, weeks before the public unveiling of his camera and projector - a year before Thomas Edison announced that the had invented a motion picture camera - Le Prince stepped on a train in France - and disappeared without a trace. He was never seen or heard from again. No body was ever found. Le Prince's family were convinced Edison had stolen Louis's work, and so they sued the most famous inventor in the world. By the time the lawsuit was over, Le Prince's own son was dead under suspicious circumstances - and modern Hollywood was being born. Paul Fischer's new book excavates one of the Victorian age's great unsolved mysteries, and in the process offers a revelatory rewriting of the birth of motion pictures
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiv, 392 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- Part one: The crime (1890-1891)
- Part two: Europe (1866-1880)
- Part three: To America and back (1882-1887)
- Part four: The first film (1887-1888)
- Part five: Motion pictures (1889-1901)
- Coda: The drowned man (October 1890)
- Isbn
- 9780571348640
- Label
- The man who invented motion pictures : a true tale of obsession, murder and the movies
- Title
- The man who invented motion pictures
- Title remainder
- a true tale of obsession, murder and the movies
- Statement of responsibility
- Paul Fischer
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 1888 Louis Le Prince shot the world's first motion picture in Leeds, England. In 1890, weeks before the public unveiling of his camera and projector - a year before Thomas Edison announced that the had invented a motion picture camera - Le Prince stepped on a train in France - and disappeared without a trace. He was never seen or heard from again. No body was ever found. Le Prince's family were convinced Edison had stolen Louis's work, and so they sued the most famous inventor in the world. By the time the lawsuit was over, Le Prince's own son was dead under suspicious circumstances - and modern Hollywood was being born. Paul Fischer's new book excavates one of the Victorian age's great unsolved mysteries, and in the process offers a revelatory rewriting of the birth of motion pictures
- Biography type
- individual biography
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Fischer, Paul
- Dewey number
- 791.4309
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Le Prince, Louis
- Edison, Thomas A.
- Motion pictures
- Murder
- Missing persons
- Label
- The man who invented motion pictures : a true tale of obsession, murder and the movies, Paul Fischer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographic references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent.
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Part one: The crime (1890-1891) -- Part two: Europe (1866-1880) -- Part three: To America and back (1882-1887) -- Part four: The first film (1887-1888) -- Part five: Motion pictures (1889-1901) -- Coda: The drowned man (October 1890)
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xiv, 392 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780571348640
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- Label
- The man who invented motion pictures : a true tale of obsession, murder and the movies, Paul Fischer
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographic references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent.
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Part one: The crime (1890-1891) -- Part two: Europe (1866-1880) -- Part three: To America and back (1882-1887) -- Part four: The first film (1887-1888) -- Part five: Motion pictures (1889-1901) -- Coda: The drowned man (October 1890)
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xiv, 392 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780571348640
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- Specific material designation
- regular print
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