Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory
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About Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory
Thomas Edison, in working clothes, mixes, pours, and tests chemicals at a bench in his laboratory. James H. White directed the Edison picture. The company catalog called it a life-size portrait of the inventor at work and the only recent one then on the market.
Cast & crew
More about Mr. Edison at Work in His Chemical Laboratory
Released in 1897. Edison is the only person billed. The catalog text is a sales description, not a second scene.
Themes
Preservation
A print survives.
Notes
- He is in working dress, not a formal portrait sitting.
- The action is mixing, pouring, and testing.
- White has the direction credit.
- No assistant is billed.
Scenes
- Edison pours and tests at the bench while the camera stays on him.
