Siegmund Lubin
Siegmund Lubin | |
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Breslau or Poznań | |
| Died | September 11, 1923 (aged 72) |
| Nationality | German, US |
| Other names | Siegmund Lubszynski "Pop" Lubin |
| Occupation(s) | Optometrist, inventor, film-maker, industrialist |
| Spouse |
Annie Abrams (m. 1882–1923) |
Siegmund Lubin (born Zygmunt Lubszyński[citation needed], April 20, 1851 – September 11, 1923) was an American motion picture pioneer who founded the Lubin Manufacturing Company (1902–1917) of Philadelphia.
Biography
Siegmund Lubin was born as Zygmunt Lubszyński,[
He soon progressed to making his own camera and projector combination, which he sold. In 1896 he began distributing films for
By 1910 his company had built a film studio, "Lubinville", in Philadelphia,[2] at Twentieth and Indiana Streets.[1] A fire at its studio in June 1914 destroyed the negatives for his unreleased new films. When World War I broke out in Europe in September of that year, Lubin Studios was among the American filmmakers who lost foreign sales. The Lubin Film Company went out of business on September 1, 1917, after having made more than a thousand motion pictures. Siegmund went back to work as an optometrist.
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He died on September 11, 1923, at his home in
Filmography
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- Cake Walk (1898)[6]
- A Good Joke (1901)[6]
- Chicken Thief (1903)[6]
- Trick Donkey (1903)
- Dancing for a Chicken (1903)
- Meet Me at the Fountain (1904)
- The Yiddisher Boy (1909)
- The Sleeping Sentinel (1914)
- The Tale of a Chicken (1914)[7]
- Mandy's Chicken Dinner (1914)[7]
Legacy
For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Siegmund Lubin has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (with his first name as "Sigmund") at 6166 Hollywood Blvd.[8]
References
- ^ a b "Sigmund Lubin: Lubinville, PA". Paul Falzone;MINTV35; YouTube. Independence Media. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
- ^ a b c d Joseph P. Eckhardt. "Lubin Timeline". Montgomery County Community College. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
- Star Filmswere first copyrighted through the Library of Congress.
- New York Times. September 11, 1923. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
- New York Times. September 15, 1923. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
Sigmund Lubin, pioneer motion picture producer, was buried today In the ... of this city, died on Wednesday in Padgewood [sic], NJ. He was 82 [sic] years old. ...
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7006-1197-3.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8108-2605-2.
- ^ "Sigmund Lubin-Hollywood Star Walk". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
External links
- Works by or about Siegmund Lubin at Internet Archive
- The King of the Movies: Film Pioneer, Siegmund Lubin - biographical page with time line and other material by Joseph P. Eckhardt, Professor of History, Montgomery County Community College
- Lubinville (film) on YouTube
- WHYY, Ed Cunningham's Philadelphia, Siegmund Lubin, Video
- Siegmund Lubin: King of the Movies,
Betzwood, Digital History from the Libraries of Montgomery County Community College
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