The Brinton Collection is a collection of early cinematography that was used by William Franklin Brinton (1857–1919) for his traveling show in the Midwestern United States.
William Franklin Brinton edit
Brinton was the Washington, Iowa Graham Opera House manager; a public speaker; an inventor; solar house builder; airship builder; movie house projectionist.[1] Brinton married Elizabeth Norris and had 4 children.[2] Brinton later married Indiana Putman, health food advocate and nudist.[1]
Background edit
It was preserved[3] and discovered by history teacher, Michael Zahs, in a barn in Ainsworth, Iowa.[4]
Collection edit
The collection included footage of Teddy Roosevelt,[5] the world's first newsreel involving the 1900 Galveston hurricane[6] and works by Georges Méliès[7] that were thought to have been lost: The Wonderful Rose-Tree and The Triple-Headed Lady.
Legacy edit
The collection's history was recounted in a film documentary, Saving Brinton, in 2018.[8]
References edit
- ^ a b "Brinton, William Franklin (Biography)". ArchivesSpace at the University of Iowa. aspace.lib.uiowa.edu. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ "William Franklin Brinton 1856-1919". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ "Films · The Brinton Entertainment Company". University of Iowa Libraries. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ Saving Brinton (2017)|MUBI
- ^ WORLD Channel: America ReFramed - Saving Brinton
- ^ Saving Brinton Reveals the Secret History of Cinema in the Heartland|IndieWire
- ^ Observation on film art: Wisconsin Film Festival: Footage fetishism
- ^ Pamela Hutchinson (22 Jun 2018), "How did some of cinema's greatest films end up in an Iowa shed?", The Guardian