The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures: A True Tale of Obsession, Murder and the Movies

Author: Paul Fischer Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 In 1888 Louis Le Prince shot the world's first motion picture in Leeds, England. In 1890, weeks before the public unveiling of his camera and projector - a year before Thomas Edison announced that the had invented a motion picture camera - Le Prince stepped on a train in France - and disappeared without a trace. He was never seen or heard from again. No body was ever found. Le Prince's...Read more