Edison Studios

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film studio motion picture production company silent film studio

Edison Studios was an early American motion picture production company and pioneering film studio founded by Thomas Edison that played a key role in the development of cinema in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Aliases (1)

Edison Black Maria studio ×1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film studio → motion picture production company → silent film studio →
basedIn	Bronx, New York NERFINISHED → Manhattan, New York City → West Orange, New Jersey NERFINISHED →
country	United States →
dissolved	1918 →
era	early 20th century → late 19th century →
founder	Thomas Edison →
genre	silent film →
hasPart	Black Maria studio →
headquartersLocation	New York City → West Orange, New Jersey NERFINISHED →
inception	1894 →
industry	film industry →
languageOfWorkOrName	silent →
locationCountry	United States →
notableEmployee	Alice Guy-Blaché → Ben Turpin → Charles O. Baumann NERFINISHED → D. W. Griffith → Edwin S. Porter → Gaston Méliès → George Albert Smith → George Méliès → Harold M. Shaw → J. Searle Dawley → James H. White → John Bunny → Mack Sennett → Mary Fuller → Pearl White → Wallace McCutcheon Sr. → William K. L. Dickson →
notableFeature	helped establish the American film industry → one of the first commercial motion picture studios → pioneered studio-based film production →
notableWork	Frankenstein (1910 film) → Life of an American Fireman → Rescued from an Eagle's Nest → The Execution of Mary Stuart → The Great Train Robbery → The Kiss → Uncle Tom's Cabin →
originalLanguage	English intertitles →
parentOrganization	Edison Manufacturing Company → Thomas A. Edison, Inc. →
partOf	Motion Picture Patents Company →
product	actuality films → documentary films → feature films → fiction films → news films → short films →
reasonForEnd	decline with rise of feature-length films and competition from Hollywood studios →
significantEvent	participated in the Motion Picture Patents Company → pioneered early narrative film techniques →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
D. W. Griffith →	employer
Kinetograph ("Edison Black Maria studio") →	usedAt