American Mutoscope Company

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film distribution company film production company motion picture exhibition company

The American Mutoscope Company was an early motion picture production and exhibition company that played a pioneering role in the development of the film industry in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company	5
American Mutoscope Company canonical	1

Statements (33)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film distribution company ⓘ film production company ⓘ motion picture exhibition company ⓘ
activePeriodEnd	early 20th century ⓘ
activePeriodStart	late 19th century ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	American Mutoscope Company ⓘ surface form: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
basedIn	New York City ⓘ
businessModel	production and exhibition of short films ⓘ
competedWith	Edison Manufacturing Company ⓘ Vitagraph Company of America ⓘ
contributedTo	development of early film technology ⓘ popularization of motion pictures in the United States ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
distributionFormat	individual viewing machines ⓘ
era	silent film era ⓘ
exhibitedAt	amusement venues ⓘ arcades ⓘ
field	film exhibition ⓘ film production ⓘ motion pictures ⓘ
focus	short subject films ⓘ
founded	1895 ⓘ
historicalSignificance	one of the earliest commercial motion picture companies in the United States ⓘ
industry	film industry ⓘ
notableFor	early motion picture exhibition ⓘ early motion picture production ⓘ pioneering role in development of the film industry ⓘ
product	peep-show style film reels ⓘ short motion pictures ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
successor	Biograph Company ⓘ
technologyType	flip-card motion picture system ⓘ
usedTechnology	Mutoscope ⓘ