| LC control no. | no2011156538 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Melbourne-Cooper, Arthur, 1874-1961 |
| Variant(s) | Cooper, Arthur Melbourne-, 1874-1961 |
| Birth date | 18740415 |
| Death date | 19611124 |
| Place of birth | St. Albans, England |
| Place of death | Coton, Cambridgeshire, England |
| Profession or occupation | film maker animator director actor |
| Found in | "They thought it was a Marvel", 2009: title page (Arthur Melbourne-Cooper (1874-1961), Pioneer of Puppet Animation) page 12 (born in St. Albans, near London, in 1874; worked for Birt Acres, the photographer, amanufacturer and early film entrepreneur; became an independent producer in 1896 and started directing advertising, comedies, newreels, and dramas; dissolved his film business in 1915) page 25 (Arthur Frederick Melbourne-Cooper; April 15, 1874-November 24, 1961) IMDb, via WWW, October 7, 2011 (Arthur Melbourne-Cooper; director, writer, and actor; one of the founders of the British film industry; the creator of the world's first animation or "trick" films; worked with the pioneer cinematographer Birt Acres; although specialising in animation, he also produced fiction and live action movies; established his Alpha Trading Company in St Albans in 1904; shot and scripted, under contract, films for other organizations; from 1904 to 1909 he co-directed with Robert W Paul, experimenting with movies which combined live action footage with model animation and fantasy storylines) Wikipedia via WWW, October 7, 2011 (Arthur Melbourne-Cooper; died 1961 in Coton, near Cambridge) |
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