Brinton Collection
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