A YEAR OF FRIESE-GREENE
31 Dec 2021
A review of the many events of the 2021 Friese-Greene Centenary … More A YEAR OF FRIESE-GREENE
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WILLIAM FRIESE-GREENE: 100 YEARS DEAD – 66 YEARS BURIED
4 May 2021
It’s 100 years since he died. Time to tell the true story, not the myths. … More WILLIAM FRIESE-GREENE: 100 YEARS DEAD – 66 YEARS BURIED
William Friese-Greene & The Art of Collaboration
26 Apr 2018
Last Friday I got back to doing something I used to do 20 years ago: talking about William Friese-Greene in public. The occasion was the British Silent Film Symposium 2018 and the place was King’s College London. Almost as terrifying as finding myself in front of a roomful of early film history experts was using … More William Friese-Greene & The Art of Collaboration
Friese-Greene Talks!
13 Apr 2018
The last time I spoke about William-Friese Greene in public was 20 years ago, but next week that silence will be broken. Me and Willie have had our on and off periods, but lately we’ve been spending more time together than ever and I’ve been finding out a bunch of new things about him. The … More Friese-Greene Talks!
Old School vs New School
11 Jan 2018
These two contrasting books about William Friese-Greene came through my letterbox this week. In the Blue Corner we have “Close-up of an Inventor” from 1948, written (under a pseudonym) by Muriel Forth, a journalist for women’s magazines . Conspicuous by its absence is any section at the back which explains what her sources were. This … More Old School vs New School
That Friese-Greene feeling
12 Dec 2017
Never heard of William Friese-Greene? Here’s a brief introduction. … More That Friese-Greene feeling
William Friese-Greene & Me 