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The Thanhouser Studio and the birth of American cinema : 1909-1918 / Thanhouser Company Film Preservation, Inc. ; produced and directed by Ned Thanhouser ; written by Melissa Steineger and Edwin Thanhouser, Jr.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Thanhouser, Ned, film producer, film director, on-screen presenter.
Steineger, Melissa, screenwriter.
Thanhouser, Edwin Way, Jr, screenwriter.
Moore, Richard, narrator.
Buchanan, Judith, commentator.
Fuller-Seeley, Kathryn, commentator.
Spehr, Paul C., commentator.
Stamp, Shelley, 1963- commentator.
Robinson, David, 1930- commentator.
Bryant, David, editor of moving image work.
Thanhouser Company Film Preservation, Inc., production company.
Dreamscape Media, publisher.
Series:
Dreamscape horizon series.
Dreamscape horizon
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Thanhouser Company--History.
Thanhouser Company.
Thanhouser Film Corporation--History.
Thanhouser Film Corporation.
Thanhouser, Edwin, 1865-1956.
Thanhouser, Edwin.
Motion picture industry--New York (State)--New Rochelle--History--20th century.
Motion picture industry.
Silent films--New York (State)--New Rochelle--History--20th century.
Silent films.
History.
New York (State)--New Rochelle.
Genre:
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (53 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
4 3/4 in.
Place of Publication:
Holland, Ohio : Dreamscape Media, LLC, [2017]
Language Note:
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
System Details:
DVD-R, NTSC, all regions; widescreen (1.78:1 aspect ratio) presentation.
digital optical
widescreen (1.78:1)
NTSC
video file DVD-R video all regions
Summary:
The Thanhouser Company was a trail-blazing studio based in New Rochelle, New York, where from 1910 to 1917 it released over 1,000 films that were seen by audiences around the globe. This documentary reconstructs the relatively unknown story of the studio and its founders, technicians, and stars as they entered the nascent motion picture industry to compete with Thomas Edison and the companies aligned with his Motion Pictures Patents Corporation (MPPC).
Participant:
Presenter, Ned Thanhouser; narrator, Richard Moore; featuring, Judith Buchanan, Kathy Fuller-Seely, Paul Spehr, Shelley Stamp, David Robiinson.
Credits:
Editor, David Bryant.
Notes:
Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 2014.
Based on Thanhouser films : an encyclopedia and history / by Q. David Bowers.
Special features: Two restored Thanhouser Company films with musical accompaniment: Petticoat Camp (1912) (15 min.) and The evidence of the film (1913) (15 min.).
Contains:
Petticoat camp (Motion picture)
Evidence of the film (Motion picture)
Petticoat camp.
Evidence of the film.
OCLC:
963867151
Publisher Number:
852435007136
11722155 Dreamscape Media, LLC

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