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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 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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