Edison Manufacturing Company

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American company film production company motion picture equipment manufacturer

Edison Manufacturing Company was an early American film production and equipment company created by inventor Thomas Edison that played a key role in the birth of the motion picture industry.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American company ⓘ
film production company ⓘ
motion picture equipment manufacturer ⓘ
competedWith Biograph Company ⓘ
Vitagraph Company of America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolved early 20th century ⓘ
employed Edwin S. Porter ⓘ
James H. White ⓘ
William Kennedy Laurie Dickson ⓘ
surface form: W. K. L. Dickson

William Heise ⓘ
founder Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Edison
hasPart Black Maria studio ⓘ
headquartersLocation West Orange, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: West Orange, New Jersey
industry film equipment manufacturing ⓘ
film production ⓘ
motion pictures ⓘ
influenced development of film distribution practices ⓘ
early American cinema ⓘ
keyPerson Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Edison
legalActivity involvement in patent litigation over motion picture technology ⓘ
locationCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
memberOf Motion Picture Patents Company ⓘ
namedAfter Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Edison
notableWork The Great Train Robbery ⓘ
operatedIn West Orange, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: West Orange, New Jersey
operatedStudio Black Maria studio ⓘ
partOf Edison’s business enterprises ⓘ
product Kinetograph-related equipment ⓘ
Kinetoscope ⓘ
surface form: Kinetoscope films

actuality films ⓘ
early narrative films ⓘ
educational films ⓘ
film prints ⓘ
film projectors ⓘ
industrial films ⓘ
motion picture cameras ⓘ
short films ⓘ
roleIn birth of the motion picture industry ⓘ
significantEvent development and commercialization of early motion picture equipment ⓘ
production of some of the earliest commercially exhibited motion pictures ⓘ
successor Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ⓘ
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
usedTechnology Kinetograph ⓘ
Kinetoscope ⓘ
early celluloid film stock ⓘ

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General Film Company → associatedOrganization → Edison Manufacturing Company ⓘ
Vitascope → associatedWith → Edison Manufacturing Company ⓘ
Kinetoscope → developedBy → Edison Manufacturing Company ⓘ
Thomas Alva Edison → founded → Edison Manufacturing Company ⓘ
MPPC → foundedBy → Edison Manufacturing Company ⓘ
subject surface form: Motion Picture Patents Company
Edison Trust → hasMember → Edison Manufacturing Company ⓘ
Kinetograph → manufacturer → Edison Manufacturing Company ⓘ
MPPC → member → Edison Manufacturing Company ⓘ
subject surface form: Motion Picture Patents Company
Motion Picture Patents Company → memberCompany → Edison Manufacturing Company ⓘ
Edison Studios → parentOrganization → Edison Manufacturing Company ⓘ