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...Lumieres, whose family owned a photographyfactory in Lyons, modified an earlier invention ofThomas Edison, the kinetograph, inventing a muchmore portable camera than the American inventor's.Although Edison produced motion pictures with hisunwieldy machine, he did not show them to thepublic because "he did not want to sell the goosethat lays the golden eggs," Petric said...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Harvard Film Archives To Show World's Oldest Movies In Series | 9/29/1987 | See Source »

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