the camera could only hold about feet of
film, film subjects were fixed around 35-40 seconds. The technical limitations the
kinetograph defined the form the film and limited its
production.
$120 for one night's work was more than anyone made a
month the laboratory! The public soon tired the same
films strips and demand for fresh film subjects rapidly
outstripped supply.1
SIDEBAR 6-3
THE BLACK MARIA
The fluid organization the West Orange laboratory led
Edison's secretary into the business exploiting the motion
picture. one
o'clock the morning locked the door and went
to all-night restaurant regale ourselves on
broiled lobsters, enriched the sum about one
hundred and twenty dollars. cannot recall even
a face.. The
camera was heavy and immobile and needed solid platform to
work on.. was kept too busy passing out tickets and
taking money. new building was therefore constructed the
. Tate who supervised the delivery the
first kinetoscopes the Holland Brothers' parlor Broadway
near 27th street. got dinner.If had wanted close the place
at six o'clock would have been necessary engage
a squad policemen.O. His description the first night the
kinetoscope gives impression its appeal and the profits
that could made with it:
I wish now that had recorded the face the person
to whom sold the first ticket. was A
