M.H. Laddé
Illustration — M.H. Laddé at the wheel of his Willys-Knight in front of his house in Nigtevecht • Illustration — Photograph by M.H. Laddé of J.W. (Machiel Hendricus) Laddé (5 November 1866 – 18 February 1932) was a Dutch photographer and film director. He was the director of the first Dutch fictional film, the 1896 comedy Gestoorde hengelaar (English: Disturbed Angler). Between 1896 and c.1906 Laddé made several short silent movies for the studio Eerst Nederlandsch Atelier tot het vervaardigen van Films voor de Bioscoop en Cinematograaf M.H. Laddé & J.W. These were shown by the traveling cinema of Christiaan Slieker (1861-1945).
Also recorded as Machiel Hendricus Laddé · M.H. Ladde · Machiel Hendricus Ladde · M. H. Ladde
M.H. Laddé
M.H. Laddé · http: (Mies Waltman) · Public domain
- Born
- 1866 · Amsterdam.
- Died
- 1932
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Occupation
- film director · photographer
- Fields
- silent film
- Known for
- Gestoorde hengelaar
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Illustration — M.H. Laddé at the wheel of his Willys-Knight in front of his house in Nigtevecht • Illustration — Photograph by M.H. Laddé of J.W. (Machiel Hendricus) Laddé (5 November 1866 – 18 February 1932) was a Dutch photographer and film director. He was the director of the first Dutch fictional film, the 1896 comedy Gestoorde hengelaar (English: Disturbed Angler). Between 1896 and c.1906 Laddé made several short silent movies for the studio Eerst Nederlandsch Atelier tot het vervaardigen van Films voor de Bioscoop en Cinematograaf M.H. Laddé & J.W. These were shown by the traveling cinema of Christiaan Slieker (1861-1945).
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None of Laddé's films have been preserved. Laddé also was a well-known photographer with his own studio in Buiksloot (now part of Amsterdam) and was the son-in-law of the photographer J.W. Merkelbach (Johannes Wilhelm, known as Wim) (1873-1922) who was his business partner.
Subjects and genres recorded for the work are silent film. Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam. Works named in the authority record are Gestoorde hengelaar. Work by M.H. Laddé is recorded in the collections of Netherlands Photo Museum, National Museum of World Cultures, City Castle Zaltbommel, Netherlands Open Air Museum and Gemeentearchief Barneveld.
• Gestoorde hengelaar (1896) • Spelende kinderen (1896) • Zwemplaats voor Jongelingen te Amsterdam (1896) • Solser en Hesse (1900)
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- 1.George Christiaan Slieker (1861-1945), Who's Who of Victorian Cinema
- 2.Zwijgend en verloren; De Nederlandse stomme film geïnventariseerd , NRCboeken, June 13, 1997
- 3.M.H. Laddé , EYE Film Institute Netherlands
- 4.The First Dutch Film: Gestoorde hengelaar , EYE Film Institute Netherlands
- 5.De eerste filmvertoning in Utrecht: Christiaan Slieker in Park Tivoli , Utrecht Project
- 6.Verhalen van vroeger , Mies Waltman
- 7.Johannes Wilhelm Merkelbach , EYE Film Institute Netherlands
- 8.Eerst Nederlandsch Atelier tot het vervaardigen van Films voor de Bioscoop en Cinematograaf M.H. Laddé & J.W. Merkelbach , EYE Film Institute Netherlands
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