What Did The Lumière Brothers Ever Do For Us?
8 Feb 2021
No, the Lumière brothers didn’t invent cinema. So what did they do? … More What Did The Lumière Brothers Ever Do For Us?
The Celluloid Dreams of Louis Le Prince (and William Friese-Greene) Part 2
27 Jan 2021
At the 1889 Paris Exposition Universelle, Friese-Greene sees something that may be a game changer – for him and Le Prince … More The Celluloid Dreams of Louis Le Prince (and William Friese-Greene) Part 2
The Celluloid Dreams of Louis Le Prince – Part 1
19 Jan 2021
Louis Le Prince: the forgotten inventor who’s impossible to forget. But did he shoot on celluloid? … More The Celluloid Dreams of Louis Le Prince – Part 1
Happy 125th Birthday, Cinema! Part 2
20 May 2020
The forgotten and erased story of the real beginning of cinema. Part2: The first film show. … More Happy 125th Birthday, Cinema! Part 2
Happy 125th Birthday, Cinema! Part 1
20 May 2020
The forgotten and erased story of the real beginning of cinema. Part 1: the team assembles. … More Happy 125th Birthday, Cinema! Part 1
That Eureka Moment – 1
13 Dec 2017
Every story of an inventor needs its “Eureka!” Moment where the forces of the universe combine with sleepless slog to generate the breakthrough that he/she has been striving for. … More That Eureka Moment – 1
That Friese-Greene feeling
12 Dec 2017
Never heard of William Friese-Greene? Here’s a brief introduction. … More That Friese-Greene feeling
Postcards From the Past
23 Aug 2020
Some unique postcards reveal the lives of the Friese-Greene children after the death of their father. … More Postcards From the Past
Sci-Fi Movies Before Celluloid
28 Apr 2020
Years before H.G. Wells introduced us to his time traveller and marauding Martians, another writer was predicting what science might bring us in the future, for good or for ill. Once read on both sides of the Atlantic, he’s now all but forgotten. His name was Robert Duncan Milne and he was seeing moving pictures before there was even a strip of celluloid. … More Sci-Fi Movies Before Celluloid
A Friese-Greene Christmas Carol
23 Dec 2019
A quasi-Dickensian true Christmas story of hardship softened by kindness. Featuring Will Day and William Friese-Greene. … More A Friese-Greene Christmas Carol
WAS THIS THE FIRST COMMERCIAL EVER MADE?!
25 Nov 2019
New research has revealed the first advertising film in the world, seen in London in 1896. … More WAS THIS THE FIRST COMMERCIAL EVER MADE?!
The Lost, Found, Amnesiac Social Media World of Friese-Greene
21 Aug 2018
It’s always heartwarming to see any new article in the press about Friese-Greene(s), even if it’s in The Mail and the cause is baffling and the person at the centre of it petulantly blocked me on Twitter. Here it is. A person who says they are a professional colourist posted on Twitter a sequence of … More The Lost, Found, Amnesiac Social Media World of Friese-Greene
