August 1917 Issue [Article] The infant prodigy of our industries Download PDF Adjust Share The birth and growth of the motion picture by Homer Croy, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 19th century Animal locomotion Animation (Cinematography) C. Francis (Charles Francis) Jenkins Cinematography Coleman Sellers Eadweard Muybridge History Inventors Kinetoscope Motion picture industry Motion picture projectors Photographs Thomas A. (Thomas Alva) Edison United States William E. Lincoln Zoetropes More from Homer Croy You wouldn’t know the old farm now The rainmakers Selling stories to the movies Adjust Share