Waukegan (Illinois) in Early Film Industry-- Part 4: What Else?

So, Edward Amet gets firsts for:

**  First use of props

**  First newsreel

**  First "Fake" newsreel

Edward Amet ceased producing his magniscope in 1900 after the release of the polyscope by the Selig Polyscope Company.  He sold his  share of their company to George Spoor.Afterwards, Amet went on to try to find a cure for cancer.

He also  returned to his film career in 1911 when he designed the Auto-Moto-Photo, a combination phonograph and film projector.    The phonograph recorder was hooked up directly to the  camera, allowing the first synchronized  sound.  However, the contraption evidently id not accomplish its objective as it never made an impact.

Amet died on August 16, 1948, in Redondo Beach, California.

--Cooter