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The Tragic and Mysterious Story of Louis Le Prince, the Father of Cine Film
TLDR Louis Le Prince, the inventor of cinematography, had a tragic and mysterious fate, with theories ranging from successfully premiering his invention in New York to being murdered or committing suicide. Despite his contributions, Le Prince was overshadowed by Thomas Edison in early drafts of film history.
Timestamped Summary
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Louis Le Prince, known as the father of cine film, has a tragic and mysterious story that involves a British and American angle and a connection to the theme of the podcast, which is film.
03:53
Louis Le Prince, a talented artist with a keen interest in science, meets John Robin Whitley, an Englishman, and they become close friends, leading Le Prince to join Whitley's firm in Leeds and eventually marry his sister Elizabeth, with whom he sets up a successful School of Applied Arts.
07:13
Louis Le Prince becomes fascinated by the work of Edward Muybridge and starts to experiment with a camera that can shoot moving pictures, essentially creating what we would call film.
10:11
Louis Le Prince patents a camera that can shoot moving pictures, but it is unclear if he was able to project the film he had taken due to the camera taking it at different angles.
13:33
Louis Le Prince patents a camera that can shoot moving pictures and by October 1888, he is shooting film at a rate of about 12 to 16 pictures per minute, but it is unclear if he has developed a projector to display the film.
17:01
The fate of Louis Le Prince, the inventor of cinematography, remains a mystery with theories ranging from him successfully premiering his invention in New York to being murdered by his brother or committing suicide.
20:16
Louis Le Prince's fate remains unknown, but his invention of film was only discovered and recognized years after his death, leading to his omission from early drafts of film history and overshadowing by Thomas Edison.
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