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American Mutoscope &
Biograph Company
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Type of Company
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Production and distribution company
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Country of Origination
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United States of America
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Years of Operation
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Formed circa April 1902 from the American Mutoscope Company
Active circa April 1902 through May 1909
Became Biograph Company in May 1909
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Company Principals
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Elias B. Koopman
Henry N. Marvin
Herman Casler
George Blanchard
J.J. Kennedy
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Company Offices
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11 East 14th Street, New York, New York, USA (circa April 1902 through May 1909)
116 North Broadway, Los Angeles, California, USA (circa February 1908)
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Company Studios
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11 East 14th Street, New York, New York, USA (circa April 1902 through May 1909)
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American Mutoscope & Biograph Company was previously known as American Mutoscope Company. The company’s name changed again in May 1909 to the Biograph Company.
American Mutoscope & Biograph Company shot on 68mm filmstock at approximately 30 frames per second until 1902.
References: Miller-Comedies pp. 11-12; Robinson-Palace pp. 113, 114, 123; Whitfield-Pickford p. 73 : with additional information provided by Thomas Bond.
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