Post by Ollie Vander on Dec 4, 2021 5:42:34 GMT
The Great Train Robbery (1903)
Erwin S. Porter fim shot for Edison.
A group of bandits stage a brazen train hold-up, only to find a determined posse hot on their heels."
Shot in the wild west of New Jersey it scared audiences with the pistol sequence that could be shown at the start or ending of the feature which was 11 minutes long.
and a copycat re-make the following year by Siegmund Lubin who shot this film the next year so they wouldn't have to pay royalties on the Porter film.
The Great Train Robbery (1904)