(In english below) International Mutoscope Reel Co (USA, 1905-15). Aparell patentat per l'americà H. Casler el 1894. Sorgeix com un aparell per a visionar individualment pel.lícules curtes del primer cinema. Sorgeix com una competència al Kinetoscopi d'Edison. S'instal·lava en locals públics i funcionava amb una moneda.
International Mutoscope Reel Co (USA, 1905-15). Device patented by H. Casler in 1894. Emerges as a device to watch the first short films individually. Emerges as a competition of Edison's Kinetoscope. Installed in public places and run with a coin.
Most "Mutoscope" subjects [silent film excerpts, sporting events, comedy sequences, et. al.] cost a penny to see. However, in the case of more "adult" subjects {including "The Boxing Beauties", first issued during the 1920's, seen here}, it wasn't uncommon to pay a nickel to view those...
fromthesidelines 1 year ago
The International Mutoscope Reel Co. officially went out of business in 1949, even though its parent company, International Mutoscope Co., continued to manufacture other "penny arcade" devices, including the "Voice-O-Graph" recording booths (and discs), and several models of "fortune telling" machines as well.
fromthesidelines 1 year ago