Charles Urban, Motion Picture Pioneer

Science, education and discovery in the early years of cinema

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Strange Mounts

Strange Mounts (illustration from the 1912 Kinemacolor catalogue)

Early Cinema Gateway

Genres

  • The Fantômas Website
    Basic information on the novels and films about the French popular fiction hero Fantômas, including film stills and synopses.

  • Moving Pictures That Talk
    Essay (without illustrations) on the various efforts to synchronise sound discs with motion pictures in the early cinema period, including such systems as the Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre, Chronophone, Cinephone and Vivaphone.

  • Silent Westerns
    Well-illustrated essay on the silent Western, with good historical background for cinema at this time generally.