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worthy (adj.):
                                                       digno
              The beginnings of silent film                         record
                                                                    Glossary on
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                 arly cave paintings make evident man’s
             Edesire to record himself in action. In both Spain and
              Southern France, striking examples exist to this day. A more
              modern example worthy of note is the lacy shadow shows
              of Java, in which Indonesian leather puppets cast shadows
              on a screen to entertain an audience. Magic lantern shows,
              dioramas and mechanical toys are better-known examples,
              each of which has its own techniques and unique history.


              California philanthropist Leland Stanford               wilderness
              continued this uniquely human tradition when             Glossary on
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              he hired a wilderness photographer named
              Eadweard Muybridges to help him prove that
              when a horse is galloping, all four of its hooves are off the
              ground at the same time. Stanford’s hypothesiswas proven
              to be correctafter a six-year-long project. An added benefi
              for Sanford was that he won a bet that he had made on just
              that subject. With this success, Muybridges decided to take
              the film o  his experiment with him on the lecture circuit.
              His lectures focused on sharing his knowledge of recording
              motion using sequence photography and he expanded
              screen possibilities.


              “Celluloid film” was developed by an American inventor
              named George Eastman, with the help of William H. Walter.
              With Ettienne Jules Marey’s idea for the roll of film  this
              process moved forward. It was yet another advancement in
              the making of moving pictures.


              Thomas Alva Edison’s interest in moving pictures in 1888
              gave credence to the entire project. Edison was unable to
              work on the project personally, because he was working on
              another venture for a three-year period. He did, however,
              obtain the Eastman film  An employee of his, William
              Kennedy Laurie Dickson, was charged with investigating


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