EDISON MANUFACTURING CO.

“Formed to market products invented by Thomas Edison, it handled his motion picture and closely related phonograph business. In 1896, as the Kinetoscope business faltered, Edison appointed William Gilmore to manage the company. Gilmore took distribution out of the hands of independents like Raff & Gammon and Maguire & Baucus. Then Edison began a series of lawsuits to repress competitors. Patent suits dominated the American film market prior to W.W.I and kept Edison the predominant American film company during much of this period. Until recently aesthetic advancements made by Edison’s filmmakers have been overshadowed by accounts of the legal wrangling.” - Paul Spehr/Bruce Posner

6 MOVIES IN DISTRIBUTION

  DREAM OF A RAREBIT FIEND
1906 / 35mm / tinted b&w / sound / 1S / 8' 22 / 29 €
distribution: Digital file on server
  CONEY ISLAND AT NIGHT
1905 / 35mm / b&w / sound / 1S / 3' 17 / 27 €
distribution: Digital file on server
  JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
1902 / 35mm / b&w / sound / 1S / 8' 46 / 42 €
distribution: Digital file on server
  CAPTAIN NISSEN GOING THROUGH WHIRLPOOL RAPIDS, NIAGARA FALLS
1901 / 35mm / b&w / sound / 1S / 2' 03 / 21 €
distribution: Digital file on server
  ANNABELLE DANCES AND DANCES - Serpentine and Butterfly Dances
1900 / 35mm / tinted b&w / sound / 1S / 5' 18 / 25 €
distribution: Digital file on server
  PARIS EXPOSITION FILMS
1900 / 35mm / b&w / sound / 1S / 6' 48 / 42 €
distribution: Digital file on server