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An overview of Thomas A. Edison's involvement in motion pictures detailing the development of the Kinetoscope, the films of the Edison Manufacturing Company, and the company's ultimate decline is given here.
- Origins of Motion Pictures - The Kinetoscope
- Early Edison Motion Picture Production (1892-1895)
- The Shift to Projectors and the Vitascope (1895-1896)
- Edison Film Production 1896-1900
- Fictional Films Dominate as Nickelodeons Emerge (1900-1907)
- Litigation and Licensees
- Decline of the Edison Company (1908-1918)
The Astor tramp / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, James White.
