Old Hollywood
Cinema
1900-1979
Nostalgia is a seductive liar - George Wildman Ball
Girls Gone Wild, Turn of the Century Edition: Still from Seminary Girls (1897, Edison Manufacturing Co.) In addition to the invention of the “Kinetograph”, a motion picture camera, and the “Kinetoscope”, a peep-hole viewer where people could watch short films, Thomas Edison’s lab produced numerous films, including Seminary Girls in 1897. Only 30 seconds long, it features six girls pillowfighting until they are caught by their teacher. Film can be seen on youtube here.

Girls Gone Wild, Turn of the Century Edition: Still from Seminary Girls (1897, Edison Manufacturing Co.)

In addition to the invention of the “Kinetograph”, a motion picture camera, and the “Kinetoscope”, a peep-hole viewer where people could watch short films, Thomas Edison’s lab produced numerous films, including Seminary Girls in 1897.

Only 30 seconds long, it features six girls pillowfighting until they are caught by their teacher. Film can be seen on youtube here.

Edison Studios, circa 1907–1914 (Bronx, NY) (via) A silent film studio in action - relatively simple, three-sided sets could be built side by side to make maximum use of the space, with two or more films shooting simultaneously.

Edison Studios, circa 1907–1914 (Bronx, NY) (via)

A silent film studio in action - relatively simple, three-sided sets could be built side by side to make maximum use of the space, with two or more films shooting simultaneously.