Arthur Marvin
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Arthur Weed Marvin (May 26, 1859 – January 18, 1911), was an American cinematographer who worked for the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company in which his brother Harry Marvin was one of the four founders (the others being Herman Casler, William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, and Elias Koopman).
He shot 418 films between 1897 and 1911, including The Adventures of Dollie (1908), the directorial debut of D. W. Griffith, as well as other early Griffith shorts such as Pippa Passes in 1909.
He directed the short trick film Sherlock Holmes Baffled, which was the earliest known film to feature Arthur Conan Doyle's detective character Sherlock Holmes.[1]
His nephew Daniel Warner Marvin II, Henry's son, perished in the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912.[2][3]
He was born in Warners, New York, US to Daniel Warner Marvin and Ellen Jane Weed. He was married to Sarah E. Babcock. He died in Los Angeles, California.
Partial filmography
| Year | Film |
|---|---|
| 1900 | Sherlock Holmes Baffled |
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| 1901 | An Affair of Honor |
| 1908 | The Adventures of Dollie |
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| The Kentuckian | |
| 1909 | Pippa Passes |
| The Lonely Villa | |
| A Sound Sleeper | |
| 1910 | The Rocky Road |
| May and December | |
| The Lucky Toothache |
References
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- ↑ Daniel Marvin Encyclopedia-Titanica entry,; info on Arthur Marvin
- ↑ D.W. Griffith's early years; the Marvin family Template:Webarchive
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External links
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