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American Mutoscope
Company
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Type of Company
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Production company
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Country of Origination
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United States of America
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Years of Operation
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Formed 27 December 1895 from the K.M.C.D. Syndicate
Active 1896 through circa April 1902
Became American Mutoscope & Biograph Company circa April 1902
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Company Principals
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Elias B. Koopman
Henry N. Marvin
Herman Casler
W.K.L. Dickson
George Blanchard
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Company Offices
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Roosevelt Building, 837-847 Broadway, New York, New York, USA
(circa 1896 through circa April 1902)
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Company Studios
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Hackett-Carhart Building, 841 Broadway, New York, USA (1896 through ?)
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American Mutoscope Company was established from the K.M.C.D. Syndicate, a group of two ex-Edison employees, another engineer and a financial backer, to create a camera and presentation system to rival the Edison Kinetoscope.
American Mutoscope Company became the American Mutoscope & Biograph Company in 1902 (Website-AFI states 1899) to reflect the company’s expansion into films produced for projection.
References: Altman-Sound p. 98; Miller-Comedies pp. 11-12; Robinson-Palace pp. 56, 59, 113 : Website-AFI : with additional information provided by Thomas Bond.
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