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Alfred C. Abadie is a Actor and Director American born on 9 december 1878 at New York City (USA)
Alfred Camille Abadie (December 9, 1878 – January 1, 1950) was an American photographer and pioneer filmmaker who worked for Thomas Edison, specializing in actuality films, a predecessor to the standard form of documentary.
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Nationality USA
Birth 9 december 1878 at New York City (USA)
Death 1 january 1950 (at 71 years) at San Francisco (USA)
Birth 9 december 1878 at New York City (USA)
Death 1 january 1950 (at 71 years) at San Francisco (USA)
Alfred Camille Abadie (December 9, 1878 – January 1, 1950) was an American photographer and pioneer filmmaker who worked for Thomas Edison, specializing in actuality films, a predecessor to the standard form of documentary.
Biography
A New York City native, Abadie began as camera assistant to James H. White at the Edison Studio around 1898. In 1903, Edison sent Abadie to Europe, the Middle East and North Africa to make actuality films, possibly as an attempt to keep up with similar subjects popularized by the Lumières. Abadie returned to the United States and kept making similar films for Edison through at least 1904. After leaving Edison, Abadie continued to work as a freelance filmmaker and photographer, making educational and industrial films, including Birth (1917), the first film of the birth of a baby.Usually with
Filmography of Alfred C. Abadie (3 films)
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The Great Train Robbery (1903)
, 11minutesDirected by Edwin S. Porter, Wallace McCutcheon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Historical, Crime, Western
Themes Films about terrorism, Transport films, Rail transport films, Films based on plays, Heist films, Films about hijackings
Actors Alfred C. Abadie, Gilbert M. Anderson, J. Barney Sherry, Justus D. Barnes, George Barnes, Morgan Jones
Roles Sheriff (uncredited)
Rating72%
The film opens with two bandits breaking into a railroad telegraph office, where they force the operator at gunpoint to have a train stopped and to transmit orders for the engineer orders to fill the locomotive's tender at the station's water tank. They then knock operator out and tie him up. As the train stops it is boarded by the bandits—now four. Two bandits enter an express car, kill a messenger and open a box of valuables with dynamite; the others kill the fireman and force the engineer to halt the train and disconnect the locomotive. The bandits then force the passengers off the train and rifle them for their belongings. One passenger tries to escape, but is instantly shot down. Carrying their loot, the bandits escape in the locomotive, later stopping in a valley where their horses had been left.
, 1minutesDirected by Edwin S. Porter, George S. Fleming
Origin USA
Genres Erotic, Comedy, Documentary
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Documentary films about cities
Actors Alfred C. Abadie
Rating57%
« La caméra, plantée sur un trottoir de New York, filme le va-et-vient des piétons. Le spectateur se demande ce qu’elle guette. Un gamin, posté un peu plus loin, se pose apparemment la même question en espionnant à son tour la caméra. Rien de notable ne se passe, une dame se dirige vers nous, bifurque et traverse, un homme hésite et file, le temps passe… Qui attend-on ainsi, ou quoi ? Enfin, notre curiosité reçoit sa récompense. Au loin, dans la profondeur de champ, un couple jeune et bien mis s’avance. Nous les distinguons des autres passants parce qu’ils ne semblent pas vaquer à leur travail, selon toute apparence, ils sont heureux de vivre et de marcher ensemble. Maintenant, ils passent au-dessus de la bouche d’aération du métro que nous remarquons enfin à quelques mètres de la caméra. Sous le puissant souffle souterrain, la robe de la jeune femme se soulève alors et découvre les mollets et les genoux avant d’être rabattue prestement. » La jeune femme éclate de rire et le couple effectue une sortie de champ.
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Move On (1903)
, 1minutesDirected by Alfred C. Abadie
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Rating49%
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