Arthur Marvin
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. 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.
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Arthur Marvin
- Name
- Arthur Marvin
- Birth Name
- Arthur Weed Marvin
- Born
- 26 May 1859
- Birthplace
- Warners, New York, United States
- Died
- 18 January 1911
- Place of death
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Occupation
- Cinematographer
- Nationality
- United States
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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. 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.
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His nephew Daniel Warner Marvin II, Henry's son, perished in the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912. He was born in Warners, New York, US to Daniel Warner Marvin and Ellen Jane Weed. He was married to Sarah E. He died in Los Angeles, California.
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• Name — Arthur Marvin • Birth Name — Arthur Weed Marvin • Born — 26 May 1859 • Birthplace — Warners, New York, United States • Died — 18 January 1911 • Place of death — Los Angeles, California, United States • Occupation — Cinematographer • Years Active — 1897–1911
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Partial filmography
• Year — Film • 1900 — Sherlock Holmes Baffled • A Career of Crime • 1901 — An Affair of Honor • 1908 — The Adventures of Dollie • Behind the Scenes • The Kentuckian • 1909 — Pippa Passes • The Lonely Villa • A Sound Sleeper • 1910 — The Rocky Road • May and December • The Lucky Toothache
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Arthur Marvin is recorded as cinematographer and film director.
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1900
The Chimney Sweep And The Miller (1900) Directed By Arthur Marvin (1900) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1911
Arthur Marvin died at Los Angeles.
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