Publisher's Synopsis
The definitive biography of the inventor in 1880s of the British motion-picture camera, which was adapted for the screen as the UK film industry's contribution to the 1951 Festival of Britain under the title "The Magic Box", starring Robert Donat and 60 other famous stage and screen actors of the time. This 2023 edition includes a new Introduction, endnotes, extra photographs and illustrations, and four added appendices.
