Show frenchmans French mans claim to be father of films nobody quite knows who was the originator of the cinematograph and there are several claim claimants ants for or the distinction though americans hold bold that edison was the first of them the film ers era there la Is no doubt that a frenchman named louis ayne alnie augustin August ln to prince actually produced films several years before edison le prince was a huge man lie ile stood six feet four inches and was bro broad a d in proportion ile he came to tills coi country antry as a young anan nian and at leeds in 1888 ho photographed pictures picture s with a one lens camera and also made a projector nis invention attracted considerable sid erable attention though he was never able to exploit it commercially for he be came to an untimely and mysterious end on september 10 1800 lie he entered a paris train at dijon and was never seen again tits ills widow always believed he was the victim 0 of f foul play and that thai he was bump bumped il on off by an unscrupulous gang that wanted to obtain control of his invention ven tion leeds citizens firmly uphold tile the claims of le printe prince to be the inventor of o the movies and he la Is 0 honor honored ed in the yorkshire city this year by a memorial london tit bits |