The Shadow Traps
In October 1888, the French inventor Louis Le Prince shot what many people now believe to be the world’s first films. On the 16th September 1890, and just before he was due to sail to New York to demonstrate his films in public for the first time, Le Prince boarded the Dijon to Paris train and was never seen again.The Shadow Traps podcasts will tell the story of Le Prince, his life, his films and his mysterious disappearance. It is a mystery story, an exploration of invention and obsession and a love letter to film. To find out more and support this podcast, go to www.patreon.com/theshadowtraps
The Shadow Traps
Episode 22. The Fly, the Projector and the Troubadour's Card.
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Irfan Shah
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Season 1
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Episode 22
Le Prince starts experiments with projectors and enlists the help of an assistant. Meanwhile, his work on the giant cycloramas of Theophile Poilpot sees him work on a second project - the Monitor and Merrimac panorama. And John Whitley get his teeth into his most ambitious project yet which brings him into contact with one of the legends of the Wild West.