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.

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Label Occurrences
Edison Studios canonical 8
Edison Black Maria studio 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film studio ⓘ
motion picture production company ⓘ
silent film studio ⓘ
basedIn The Bronx ⓘ
surface form: Bronx, New York

Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
surface form: Manhattan, New York City

West Orange, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: West Orange, New Jersey
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolved 1918 ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
founder Thomas Alva Edison ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Edison
genre silent film ⓘ
hasPart Black Maria studio ⓘ
headquartersLocation New York City ⓘ
West Orange, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: West Orange, New Jersey
inception 1894 ⓘ
industry film industry ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName silent ⓘ
locationCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
notableEmployee Alice Guy-Blaché ⓘ
Ben Turpin ⓘ
Charles O. Baumann ⓘ
D. W. Griffith ⓘ
Edwin S. Porter ⓘ
Gaston Méliès ⓘ
George Albert Smith ⓘ
Georges Méliès ⓘ
surface form: George Méliès

Harold M. Shaw ⓘ
J. Searle Dawley ⓘ
James H. White ⓘ
John Bunny ⓘ
Mack Sennett ⓘ
Mary Fuller ⓘ
Pearl White ⓘ
Wallace McCutcheon Sr. ⓘ
William Kennedy Laurie Dickson ⓘ
surface form: 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 (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

D. W. Griffith → employer → Edison Studios ⓘ
Kinetograph → usedAt → Edison Studios ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edison Black Maria studio
Edwin S. Porter → employer → Edison Studios ⓘ
James H. White → associatedWith → Edison Studios ⓘ
The Kiss → productionCompany → Edison Studios ⓘ
subject surface form: The Kiss (1896 film)
The Execution of Mary Stuart → associatedWithStudio → Edison Studios ⓘ
Mary Fuller → employer → Edison Studios ⓘ
Thomas Armat → associatedWith → Edison Studios ⓘ
Marc McDermott → employer → Edison Studios ⓘ