One spring day in 1894, Thomas Edison unveiled a remarkable moving picture machine called the Kinetoscope in a Manhattan parlor. Some 500 people lined up to drop quarters into what was the Oculus Rift ...

(WDBJ) - On this day in 1897, Thomas Edison received a patent for the kinetographic camera. A certain new and useful Improvement in Kinetoscopes," the forerunner of the motion picture film projector.

Though most famous for his Promethean invention of the light bulb, Thomas Edison patented the Kinetoscope 112 years ago today, igniting the medium that became the motion picture industry. While the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about Hollywood legends and real life. “Moving pictures” are a luxury we take for granted. But, it was only 125 years ago ...

Pretty much everyone knows that Thomas Edison invented the phonograph and the light bulb, but Edison, one of history’s most prolific creators, didn’t stop there. As this exclusive clip from PBS’ ...

The Kinetoscope, an early motion picture exhibition device, was first publicly displayed on May 20, 1891. Considered by some to be the first movie projector, the Kinetoscope was designed for films to ...

Did you know that one of Fort Myers most famous residents is indirectly responsible for Hollywood becoming a movie mecca? Thomas Edison spent winters in Fort Myers from 1885 until his death in 1931, ...