“How Hollywood was born
Since the 1890s, Thomas Edison owned most of the major American patents relating to motion picture cameras….Since 1902, Edison had also been notifying distributors and exhibitors that if they did not use Edison machines and films exclusively, they would be subject to litigation for supporting filmmaking that infringed Edison’s patents.
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This year winner of an Academy Award for the Best Short Film, Animated.
There’s some pretty swell art-direction in it, go check it out.
Ahahah! Le miccette hanno una pagina propria su Wikipedia, straordinario. In inglese si chiamano “squib”, non lo sapevo.