- published: 21 Jul 2015
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George Eastman (July 12, 1854 – March 14, 1932) was an American innovator and entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak Company and invented roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream. Roll film was also the basis for the invention of motion picture film in 1888 by the world's first filmmakers Eadward Muybridge and Louis Le Prince, and a few years later by their followers Léon Bouly, Thomas Edison, the Lumière Brothers and Georges Méliès.
He was a major philanthropist, establishing the Eastman School of Music, and schools of dentistry and medicine at the University of Rochester; contributing to the construction of MIT's second campus on the Charles River; and donating to Tuskegee and Hampton universities. In addition, he provided funds for clinics in London and other European cities to serve low-income residents.
The George Eastman House, now operated as the International Museum of Photography and Film, has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
Eastman was born in Waterville, New York to George Washington Eastman and Maria Eastman (née Kilbourn), the youngest child, at the 10-acre farm which his parents bought in 1849. He had two older sisters, Ellen Maria and Katie. He was largely self-educated, although he attended a private school in Rochester after the age of eight. His father had started a business school, the Eastman Commercial College in the early 1840s in Rochester, New York, described as one of the first "boomtowns" in the United States, with a rapid growth in industry. As his father's health started deteriorating, the family gave up the farm and moved to Rochester in 1860. His father died of a brain disorder in May 1862. To survive and afford George's schooling, his mother took in boarders. Her second daughter Katie had contracted polio when young and died in late 1870. The young Eastman left school early and started working.
Actors: Jason Impey (producer), Jason Impey (actor), Jason Impey (editor), Alexander Bakshaev (actor), Alexander Bakshaev (producer), Alexander Bakshaev (writer), Alexander Bakshaev (director), Amber Lee (actress), Karl Rhodes (actor), Natalie Pledger (actress), Nicholas Stoppani (actor), Jennifer Newland (actress), Sharon Impey (actress), Darryl Lane (actor), Mathis Vogel (writer),
Plot: An obsessed filmmaker George Eastman in this bizarre and surreal mix of trash, experimental and art-house cinema directed by Alex Bakshaev (Bittersweet). On the run from the mafia, Eastman kidnaps an actress, Sarah Asproon, and heads off on a strange and terrifying road trip to the coast. Along the way George and Sarah encounter various weird characters and Mafia henchmen. Prepare for a film experience from these cult indie filmmakers that will shock you in so many ways.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Bernard Vander Donckt (miscellaneous crew), Didier Bezace (actor), Ronny Coutteure (actor), Ronald Guttman (actor), Yves Jacques (actor), Gérard Loussine (actor), Alexandre von Sivers (actor), Milan Kymlicka (composer), Bernard Alane (actor), Isabelle Gélinas (actress), Alain Fromager (actor), Jean Gruault (writer), Jacques Rouffio (director), Jacques Rouffio (writer), Philippe Allard (actor),
Plot: This made-for-TV drama from France examines the life and times of Charles Pathe, the producer and entrepreneur who became one of the pioneering figures of the French film industry. The film examines the ups and downs of Pathe's career, as well as his encounters with American film trailblazer George Eastman and legendary French comedian Max Linder.
Keywords: character-name-in-title, charles-patheActors: John Anderson (actor), Alan Arkin (actor), Rene Auberjonois (actor), Bob Balaban (actor), Martin Balsam (actor), Robert Barrat (actor), Wallace Beery (actor), Richard Benjamin (actor), Humphrey Bogart (actor), Humphrey Bogart (actor), Marlon Brando (actor), Marlon Brando (actor), Walter Brennan (actor), Richard Burton (actor), Woody Allen (actor),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Gene Reynolds (actor), Lyle Talbot (actor), Olive Blakeney (actress),
Genres: ,Actors: Len Hendry (actor), Herbert Heyes (actor), Art Gilmore (actor), Fred Clark (actor), Raymond Burr (actor), Sam Harris (actor), Ken Christy (actor), Ted de Corsia (actor), Mike Donovan (actor), Ralph Dunn (actor), Franklyn Farnum (actor), Al Ferguson (actor), Paul Frees (actor), Art Gilmore (actor), Kenner G. Kemp (actor),
Plot: The young and poor George Eastman (Montgomery Clift) leaves his religious mother and Chicago and arrives in California expecting to find a better job in the business of his wealthy uncle Charles Eastman. His cousin Earl Eastman advises him that there are many women in the factory and the basic rule is that he must not hang around with any of them. George meets the worker of the assembly line, Alice Tripp, in the movie theater and they date. Meanwhile, the outcast George is promoted and he meets the gorgeous Angela Vickers at a party thrown at his uncle's house. Angela introduces him to the local high society and they fall in love with each other. However, Alice is pregnant and she wants to get married with George. During a dinner party at Angela's lake house with parents, relatives, and friends, Alice calls George from the bus station and gives him thirty minutes to meet her; otherwise she will crash the party and tell what has happened. George is pressed by the situation which ends in a tragedy.
Keywords: abortion, accusation, ambition, angry-mob, arrest, assembly-line, audio-flashback, aunt-nephew-relationship, barking-dog, based-on-novel