James Welch
British postcard. The Biograph Studio, 107, Regent Street, London.
James Welch (1865-1917) was the director of the films made for the British Mutoscope & Biograph Co. for use in their Kinora Moving Picture Machines, a portable version of the mutoscopes. The studio opened in 1902 and moved to Dover Street in 1905. It was the first British studio to use electric light. Welch was a well-known British stage actor, who also acted in four British silent films. He acted in two shorts in 1913, The Eleventh Commandment and Recitation by James Welch, and two features in 1916: When Knights Were Bold, and The New Clown.
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James Welch
British postcard. The Biograph Studio, 107, Regent Street, London.
James Welch (1865-1917) was the director of the films made for the British Mutoscope & Biograph Co. for use in their Kinora Moving Picture Machines, a portable version of the mutoscopes. The studio opened in 1902 and moved to Dover Street in 1905. It was the first British studio to use electric light. Welch was a well-known British stage actor, who also acted in four British silent films. He acted in two shorts in 1913, The Eleventh Commandment and Recitation by James Welch, and two features in 1916: When Knights Were Bold, and The New Clown.
Source: www.magiclantern.org.uk/new-magic-lantern-journal/pdfs/40...