vitascope

[ vahy-tuh-skohp ]

noun

1. one of the first motion-picture projectors, developed by Thomas Edison.

vitascope

/ ˈvaɪtəˌskəʊp /

noun

1. an early type of film projector

Other Words From

• vi·ta·scop·ic [vahy-t, uh, -, skop, -ik], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of vitascope¹

1890–95, Americanism; < Latin vīta life + -scope

Word History and Origins

Origin of vitascope¹

C19: from Latin vīta life + -scope

Example Sentences

Chutes Park was an immense amusement park, with water slides, comedy performances, miniature naval battles and Vitascope “flickers.”

From Los Angeles Times

Hundreds could bowl, a thousand could watch Vitascope “flickers,” and 10,000 fans could cheer the Los Angeles Angels playing Pacific Coast League baseball.

From Los Angeles Times

In what is considered to be the “first movie kiss,” actors May Irwin and John Rice reprised the smooch from their Broadway comedy The Widow Jones for a film shot by Thomas Edison’s Vitascope cinema projector.

From Time

The actual content of the films mattered little: in France, the Lumière Brothers advertised their “Cinématographe Lumière,” while in the United States, posters promoted “Edison’s Greatest Marvel: The Vitascope.”

From New York Times

The third curtain was simply a heavy, plain white one, perfectly fitted for the display of stereopticon views, and more especially for the moving panoramic views of the kinetescope, the vitascope and the biograph, which have proved such attractive and entertaining aids to the general lecturer, dealing with any special subject capable of such profuse illustration.

From Project Gutenberg