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American Mutoscope Company
Type of Company	Production company
Country of Origination	United States of America
Years of Operation	Formed 27 December 1895 from the K.M.C.D. Syndicate Active 1896 through circa April 1902 Became American Mutoscope & Biograph Company circa April 1902
Company Principals	Elias B. Koopman Henry N. Marvin Herman Casler W.K.L. Dickson George Blanchard
Company Offices	Roosevelt Building, 837-847 Broadway, New York, New York, USA (circa 1896 through circa April 1902)
Company Studios	Hackett-Carhart Building, 841 Broadway, New York, USA (1896 through ?)
American Mutoscope Company was established from the K.M.C.D. Syndicate, a group of two ex-Edison employees, another engineer and a financial backer, to create a camera and presentation system to rival the Edison Kinetoscope. American Mutoscope Company became the American Mutoscope & Biograph Company in 1902 (Website-AFI states 1899) to reflect the company’s expansion into films produced for projection. References: Altman-Sound p. 98; Miller-Comedies pp. 11-12; Robinson-Palace pp. 56, 59, 113 : Website-AFI : with additional information provided by Thomas Bond.

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