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{{Short description|Canadian actor and director}}
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'''James Henry White''' (March, 1872 – 1944) was a [[Canadian film]] pioneer, who worked as a [[film director|director]], [[film producer|producer]], and [[cinematographer]]. He also appeared as an [[actor]] in several [[movie|films]]. He was employed by the [[Edison Manufacturing Company]], and directed over 500 [[short film]]s, both fictional and [[documentary]].<ref>https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0924920/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref><ref>Georges Sadoul, ''Histoire générale du cinéma. Tome 2. Les pionniers du cinéma'' (Denoël, 1947), p. 441.</ref> With no functional story or script, just scenes, White tried to be lyrical in some of his short films i.e. ''Return of a Lifeboat'' (1897) and ''A Storm at Sea'' (1900) the latter of which was shot on a passenger ship with the camera catching some of the glimmer from the sun.
'''James Henry White''' (March, 1872 – 1944) was a [[Canadian film]] pioneer, who worked as a [[film director|director]], [[film producer|producer]], and [[cinematographer]]. He also appeared as an [[actor]] in several [[movie|films]]. He was employed by the [[Edison Manufacturing Company]], and directed over 500 [[short film]]s, both fictional and [[documentary]].<ref>https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0924920/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref><ref>Georges Sadoul, ''Histoire générale du cinéma. Tome 2. Les pionniers du cinéma'' (Denoël, 1947), p. 441.</ref> With no functional story or script, just scenes, White tried to be lyrical in some of his short films i.e. ''Return of a Lifeboat'' (1897) and ''A Storm at Sea'' (1900) the latter of which was shot on a passenger ship with the camera catching some of the glimmer from the sun.

==Filmography==

==1896==
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* ''[[Watermelon Contest]]''
* ''[[Interrupted Lover]]''
* ''[[Going to the Fire]]''
* ''[[Lone Fisherman]]''
* ''[[Edison Drawn by World Artist]]''
* ''[[Mess Call]]''
* ''[[Irish Way of Discussing Politics]]''
* ''[[Little Egypt]]''
* ''[[Herald Square]]''
* ''[[Fatima's Coochee-Coochee Dance]]''
* ''[[The Bad Boy and the Gardener]]''
* ''[[Sea Beach Scene]]''
* ''[[Scene on Surf Ave., Coney Island]]''
* ''[[Shooting the Chutes]]''
* ''[[Passaic Falls, New Jersey]]''
* ''[[Feeding the Doves]]''
* ''[[A Morning Bath]]''
* ''[[The Burning Stable]]''
* ''[[Mounted Police Charge]]''
* ''[[A Morning Alarm]]''
* ''[[Black Diamond Express]]''
* ''[[American Falls from Above, American Side]]''
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==References==
==References==

Revision as of 18:08, 5 September 2022

James Henry White (March, 1872 – 1944) was a Canadian film pioneer, who worked as a director, producer, and cinematographer. He also appeared as an actor in several films. He was employed by the Edison Manufacturing Company, and directed over 500 short films, both fictional and documentary.[1][2] With no functional story or script, just scenes, White tried to be lyrical in some of his short films i.e. Return of a Lifeboat (1897) and A Storm at Sea (1900) the latter of which was shot on a passenger ship with the camera catching some of the glimmer from the sun.

Filmography

1896

References

  1. ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0924920/ [user-generated source]
  2. ^ Georges Sadoul, Histoire générale du cinéma. Tome 2. Les pionniers du cinéma (Denoël, 1947), p. 441.


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