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  Mutoscope - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Mutoscope was an early form of motion picture device, invented by the American Mutoscope Company aka American Mutoscope and Biograph Company in 1895.
Mutoscopes were originally manufactured from 1895 to 1909 by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, or its licensee Marvin and Casler Co., formed by two of American Mutoscope's founders.
Mutoscopes were a popular feature of amusement arcades and pleasure piers in the UK until the introduction of decimal coinage in 1971 made the mechanisms obsolete.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mutoscope   (617 words)

  
 Mutoscope - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Mutoscopes were originally manufactured from 1895 to 1909 by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, then revived and manufactured from 1926 until 1949 by the International Mutoscope Reel Company (a completely different organization which purchased the manufacturing rights).
Mutoscopes were popular in penny arcades and amusement parks through the 1960s.
Mutoscope cards 5.25" x 3.25" (13.3 cm x 8.25 cm) cards, usually of "pin-up" material, were published during the 1940s by the International Mutoscope Reel Company and other firms.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Mutoscope   (694 words)

  
 American Mutoscope, Mutoscope International Movie Viewer reels machine arcade peep show coin operated
Mutoscope viewers are always popular and reproductions films are still being made and can be used in the original picture reel viewer machines.
Unfortunately the movie reels for the Selecto are smaller and "reversed" (the pictures would be backwards) compared to the standard Mutoscope movie reel.
But when Rabkins bought Mutoscope in 1926, he largely policed himself and didn't release movie reels with naked women (though many were close, but no cigar!) Rabkin did however play up the idea that the Mutoscope could be a peep show viewer, using very racy and spicy titles.
www.marvin3m.com /arcade/mutosc.htm   (969 words)

  
 History of Motion Pictures - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
As feature-length films (four reels, with a running time of 40 to 50 minutes or more) became the norm in the 1910s, live orchestras began to play in larger theaters, frequently using music written specifically for the film.
He was initially responsible for turning out two one-reel films a week, and between 1908 and 1913 he directed nearly 500 films.
Meanwhile, film became an international medium, with filmmakers creating works outside their homeland, as did Dreyer and Buñuel, or emigrating to take up their careers elsewhere.
encarta.msn.com /text_761567568___51/Motion_Pictures_History_of.html   (2599 words)

  
 Mutoscope Viewing Machine & Reels: GameRoomAntiques.com
The only mutoscope that the reels don't work are the very rare mutoscope where you view the images in a mirror.
Although there was no censorship board for mutoscope reels like there were for movies, the International Mutoscope Company made sure that the morality squads, which were in vogue in those days, would not attack the appropriateness of this type of entertainment.
The early mutoscopes were large cast iron cases that had the appearance of a clamshell and were referred to as "Clamshell Mutoscopes." Later models were sleeker and more modern in design.
www.gameroomantiques.com /MutoscopeReels.htm   (909 words)

  
 Bobby Jones Antique Mutoscope: Golf Links to the Past :: Home to Bobby Jones, Gary Player, Golf History, Collectibles, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The mutoscope was an early form of motion picture device that worked on the same principle as the “flicker book.” The individual image frames were conventional fl-and-white, silver-based photographic prints on tough, flexible opaque cards.
Mutoscopes were originally manufactured from 1895 to 1909 by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, then revived and manufactured from 1926 until 1949 by the International Mutoscope Reel Company.
This antique wooden mutoscope is in perfect condition and would be a distinctive addition to any home or office.
www.golfspast.com /page/E/PROD/GE/M1042   (307 words)

  
 Collector buying old coin operated penny arcade games collecting, fortune tellers, gun rifle games, cranes, diggers
Mutoscope viewers are always popular and reproduction reels are still being made and can be used in the original picture viewers.
Lord's Prayer, International Mutoscope, 1950s (exact date unknown), a vendor good luck metal dispenser which gives the looks and sound it is making a engraved metal (but is actually just dispensing a pre-made token).
Zelda the Mysterious fortune teller, International Mutoscope, 4/55, often confused as a Mike Munves fortune teller, Zelda was actually made by Mutoscope.
www.marvin3m.com /arcade/index.htm   (14228 words)

  
 Opera Directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Holding company with subsidiaries which produce pre-recorded videocassettes, feature films and cd-roms; perform feature film processing and release print duplication services; provide facilities for television and film industries, commercials and corporate video productions; and other film and television industry related services.
Company located in Toronto provides a demo reel of past projects, a description of services, rates, and a client list.
Company which specializes in producing live events provides a photo gallery of past projects, a listing of performers, and some past reviews.
portal.opera.com /web/?cat=84284   (5002 words)

  
 Movie Industry Resources
International Association for Media and History: An organization of filmmakers, broadcasters, archivists and scholars dedicated to historical enquiry into film, radio, television.
International Documentary Association: The IDA was founded in 1982 as a non-profit membership organization dedicated to supporting the efforts of non-fiction film and video makers throughout the United States and the world; promoting the documentary form; and expanding opportunities for the production, distribution, and exhibition of documentary.
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company: Biograph Company being the oldest movie company in America is run by entertainment artists who understand the needs of other artists, and provide the best motion picture and professional entertainment and production services.
www.redinkworks.com /movie_industry.htm   (1814 words)

  
 Shakespeare on Film and Television: Guides & Finding Aids (Motion Picture and Television Reading Room, ...
FCA 6929 Dramatizes the quarrel scene between Cassius and Brutus, noting that Shaw believed this scene to be the finest in English dramatic literature.
FDA 7081 Follows John Houseman and he rehearses a repertory touring company of American actors and actresses.
FBA 3208 Ten of Shakespeare's love sonnets are played out in a contemporary silent drama exploring the relationships between a man, his wife and his friend.
www.loc.gov /rr/mopic/findaid/willfilm.html   (3194 words)

  
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Meantime, the amusement parks were picking up nickels by the drove with their peep shows and MUTOSCOPES, hauling in "white money" (nickel, dime and quarter coins) on machines that allowed you to play a soccer game with a partner, or manipulate boxers, or even (a very early game, quickly removed) have a two-sided COCK FIGHT.
Early on it was for families, but increasingly the peep shows and Mutoscope reels got a bit racy, until the arcades had a bad name.
When the International Mutoscope Reel Company was reformed in the early 1920s a steel cabinet replacement was created to keep the machines running.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Eastwood Multimedia - Company located in Toronto provides a demo reel of past projects, a description of services, rates, and a client list.
Heartworks International, Inc. - Stony Brook, N.Y. company that specializes in projects that integrate the arts, entertainment, and education.
M H Productions - Company which specializes in producing live events provides a photo gallery of past projects, a listing of performers, and some past reviews.
members.fortunecity.com /ruphert/cgi-bin/dirsearch.cgi.347.html   (4585 words)

  
 Asia-Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Consulting firm specializing in domestic and international distribution advice, business plans and other services for independent filmakers and companies.
International organization with member organizations in 15 countries, which helps independent TV broadcasting: technical assistantance; seminars; program distribution; news exchange; co-production; network and association building; legal assistance; textbooks; email and internet access...
An independent production company dedicated to the development of original screenplays and/or the adaptation of literary works for the commercial film and television industries.
www.asia-links.com /sina/directory/directory.asp?folderid=11985   (1844 words)

  
 Labor-Related Films in the Library of Congress Collection: Guides & Finding Aids (Motion Picture and Television ...
Anti-union propaganda film based on a wildcat strike by the International Association of Machinists in Princeton, Indiana, in 1956-57.
Describes the circumstances which caused over 400 workers at the O'Sullivan Rubber Company in Winchester, VA, to strike on 5/13/56 to preserve their union.
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers.
www.loc.gov /rr/mopic/findaid/labor.html   (3129 words)

  
 Peep-Machine Pin-Ups
Machines called Mutoscopes offered quick shows for a penny from 1895 until as late as the 1970s, flipping cards to create the impression of a "moving picture." Associated with amusement piers and parks, and men's restrooms, these machines were notorious as proprietors of cheap peeps.
During the 1940s, the International Mutoscope Reel Company began to manufacture coin-operated vending machines that served up 5-1/4" x 3-1/4"cards for collectors, usually of "pin-up" material.
These cards are widely collected today, and a wonderful source of inspiring low-brow artwork.
www.delvebookstore.com /5116.htm   (138 words)

  
 [Videonews] Kino Edison DVD ( Shameless self promotion)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
When Edwin S. Porter cuts to a close-up of a shapely ankle in "The Gay Shoe Clerk" (1903), he may only be underlining the voyeuristic value of the image, but he is also discovering the fluidity of point of view that would become the movies' first and greatest claim to superiority over the theater.
Produced by two of the leading scholars of early film, Steven Higgins of the Modern and Charles Musser of Yale, the collection lends itself best to computer browsing, where extensive menus help the user navigate through the more than 140 films and extensive supplementary material the discs contain.
The set is so fine that it cries out for a companion volume tracing the history of Edison's chief rival, the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, which became the home base of America's first great artist of the medium, D. Griffith.
www.lib.berkeley.edu /pipermail/videonews/2005-February/000916.html   (569 words)

  
 James Roller's Vintage Amusements. Sales, restorations and reproductions of vintage amusement devices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
This digger is a meticulous restoration of the earliest digger of the Electric Traveling Crane series.
Mutoscope Reel Co was a New York company and celebrated the building of the Empire State Building in 1929 with this very early model digger.
Close inspection reveals a blimp airship in the sky in the upper left hand corner on which Mutoscope took the liberty of superimposing their own logo.
www.jamesroller.com /vintage/champ.htm   (216 words)

  
 1930's-40's Arcade Cards Photo Identification Guide with 50 Images from things-and-other-stuff.com
The most prominent issuer of Arcade Cards was the Exhibit Supply Company out of Chicago, followed by the International Mutoscope Reel Company, whose cards are popularly referred to simply as Mutoscopes.
Mutoscope was eventually absorbed by the Exhibit Co. sometime in the late 1940's-early 1950's.
In the future I hope to do a similar page of Mutoscope Arcade Cards as well, as I have several images of those on hand.
www.things-and-other-stuff.com /movies/ephemera/arcade-cards.htm   (398 words)

  
 WW2 Pinball Stories - 1930's Reflections
Among the new machines advertised was Bally's Champion, in which players "buy" out-hole balls, and Genco's Step Up, "with the four musical chimes." Exhibit advertised Lightning, described as the first game that ever gave players a real treat.
Bally Manufacturing Company said in their ads that their new game Fleet had "captured the U.S.A." Golden Gate was another new game announced, by Exhibit Supply Company.
Bally Manufacturing Company, said they had shipped "Fleet" to a West Coast distrib and believed it was the first time in the industry this kind of equipment was sent via parcel post.
1930s.com /pinball/pww2/Str1930s.htm   (1222 words)

  
 Be operated on   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Whiskers on the mutoscope grandmothers predictions fortune tellers, driving scenery changes.
Atomic bomber, international mutoscope, a mirror or a ringer on the be operated on modern era.
Lords prayer, international mutoscope, two propeller motors and be operated on no longer made, but really makes this one away.
be-operated-on.fubarnewscorporation.com /battery-operated-table-lamp...   (485 words)

  
 Exhibit Supply & Mutoscope Cards: GameRoomAntiques.com
Below are a number of collectible cards manufactured by the Exhibit Supply Company and the International Mutoscope Reel Company.
15 different Exhibit Supply Company cards from the months of February, April, September, November, and December.
Original posters that went into International Mutoscope Card Vendors.
www.gameroomantiques.com /kdCards.htm   (688 words)

  
 American Mutoscope & Biograph [us]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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International Yacht Races -- Columbia vs. Shamrock (1901)...
International Track Athletic Meeting -- Start and Finish of the One Mile Run (1901)...
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 Connection between mutoscopes and "mutoscope cards?"
the word mutoscope, which, in the words of http://www.mutoworld.com
Reel Company revive the technology precisely because they saw the
Mutoscopes were "flip card" viewers not film viewers.
www.groupsrv.com /movies/ptopic2838.html   (1202 words)

  
 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle At The Cinema - A Critical Study of The Film Adaptations - Books by Scott Allen Nollen - ...
In February 1903, a 30-second film titled Sherlock Holmes Baffled was released by American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, the first known adaptation of the work of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The major adaptations of all of Conan Doyle's literary works are fully covered here, as is a 1927 one-reel documentary in which the author talks about his work and his psychic beliefs.
The focus is on how faithful each adaptation is to the author's own work and the overall effectiveness of the film.
www.oldies.com /product-view/BK9362.html?print=true   (287 words)

  
 Special Collections Manuscripts - Margaret Herrick Library - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Niver was president of Renovare Productions and also ran companies known as Locare and Historical Films.
Many of the periodicals have been integrated into the Library's core collection and may be requested at the reference desk.
They include issues of American Cinematographer, American Photography, Cinema Journal, Cinema News, Griffithiana, Image, International Photographer, Moving Picture News, Motion Picture Story Magazine, Motography, Moving Picture World, New York Dramatic Mirror, The Nickelodeon, Reel Life, The Screen, and Wid's Weekly.
www.oscars.org /mhl/sc/niver_124.html   (615 words)

  
 Coin-Op Museum Index: R
If you have information about a coin-op machine that you are sure isn't in our database you can Add A New Game Entry.
(KLOV®) and The International Arcade Museum® web sites are copyright © 1995-2006 by WebMagic Ventures, LLC and sponsored by WebMagic, Inc.
Except as described on that page, any use of the information found here may not be copied or reprinted on any medium, either physical or electronic, without the express written permission of WebMagic, Inc. WebMagic, International Arcade Museum, The Killer List of Videogames, and several other marks found within are our trademarks.
www.klov.com /game_list.php?letter=R&sort=3&type=   (152 words)

  
 I'm Buying These Coin Op Games!
I'm writing a book on International Mutoscope Co. If you worked for /employed by International Mutoscope Reel Corp. PLEASE contact me. Also, if you have a Mutoscope viewer please contact me. I need the serial number on your machine.
I'm trying to set up a database of machine serial numbers to help make the book as accurate as possible.
INTERNATIONAL MUTOSCOPE LIFT O GRAPH -- MONKEY LIFT
www.coinoplibrary.com   (384 words)

  
 COLLECTORS SEARCHING FOR THE FOUNTAIN OF COMPLETENESS
go after the tobacco companies for the use of such cards as “Harry’s Girl,” suggestive descriptions, “photos in the semi-nude (actually, all the girls wore tights in those days),” and the like.
Many were the sources of cards gotten free….By the summer of 1888 I had accumulated a couple of thousand which I kept more or less assorted in shoe boxes.
Their plans are to produce more issues of cards in their expanding business.” In June 1956 APBA Game Company ran a full-page ad announcing their new card game.
www.oldbaseball.com /refs/1930s.htm   (14124 words)

  
 The New Haven RR Image Page -- The PhotoMatic Photo Machines
Be sure to check back here often because we plan to refresh these images on a regular basis.
In the 1930s a company called the International Mutoscope and Reel Company of New York City, a manufacturer of penny arcade games, nickelodeons, weight and fortune dispensers, and other coin-operated entertainment devices, developed a machine capable of taking a photograph and dispensing a fl and white print in just a few minutes time.
The machine was called a "Photomatic", and they were frequently installed at larger railroad passenger stations, where for fifteen cents departing friends or family members could make a farewell portrait on-the-spot.
www.nhrhta.org /htdocs/images0504.htm   (515 words)

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