| 词条 | Joseph Menchen |
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Joseph L. Menchen (1 April 1878 − 4 October 1940) was an American inventor, self-made businessman, film producer, screenwriter and literary agent. Menchen was born on 1 April 1878 in Illinois. In 1895, Menchen was a theatre electrician in Kansas City, Missouri.[1] He was the owner of Joseph Menchen Electrical Co., New York, which sold electrical theatre lighting and stage effects.{{sfn|Menchen|1906}} Menchen produced and co-directed (with Michel Carré) The Miracle (1912 film), an early full-length, hand-coloured, black-and-white British feature film.{{sfn|Slough Observer|26 July 1913|p=8}} In 1915, he was involved with the design of the Norris-Menchen flamethrower. He also owned the original film rights to the Arsène Lupin detective novels by Maurice Leblanc, which he sold to Robertson-Cole for $360,000 in 1920.[2] Menchen died on 4 October 1940, aged 62, in California and was buried in Glendale.[3] ReferencesNotes1. ^New York Dramatic Mirror, 16 November 1895, p. 22 Citations{{reflist}}Sources2. ^[https://archive.org/stream/filmdailyvolume11112newy/filmdailyvolume11112newy_djvu.txt Wid's Daily (Volume 11-12) Jan-Jun 1920, 24 April 1920, p. 817] 3. ^[https://newspaperarchive.com/ogden-standard-examiner/1940-10-09/page-6 Ogden Standard Examiner, 9 October 1940, p. 6]
|ref=harv |last=Menchen |first=Joseph |title=Improved electrical theatrical appliances: Catalogue no. 4. September 1, 1906 |year=1906 |publisher=Joseph Menchen Electrical Company |location=New York |url=http://www.cineressources.net/images/ouv_num/186.pdf}}
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