Terry Ramsaye (2 November 1885, Tonganoxie, Kansas - 19 August 1954,
Norwalk, Connecticut) was a film historian and author of A Million and
One Nights: A History of the Motion Picture [Through 1925] (New York:
Simon & Schuster, 1926).Ramsaye started his professional career as an
engineer but switched to journalism when he joined the staff of the
Kansas City Star and Times in 1905. In the following decade, he worked
on newspapers in Leavenworth, Kansas, and in Omaha, St. Paul,
Minnesota, and Chicago.The motion picture industry was in its infancy
when he joined Mutual Film Corporation in 1915. While at Mutual, he
produced some Charlie Chaplin comedies and founded Screen Telegram,
which achieved conspicuous success during World War I. He was one of
the founding members of the Associated Motion Picture
Advertisers.Subsequently he was associated with Samuel Roxy Rothafel
in the management of Broadway's Rialto and Rivoli theaters. He also
launched and edited the newsreel Kinograms. After producing and
editing numerous adventure films including Grass (1925) and Simba:
King of the Beasts (1928) with explorers Martin and Osa Johnson, he
became editor-in-chief of Pathé News and Audio Review.
Norwalk, Connecticut) was a film historian and author of A Million and
One Nights: A History of the Motion Picture [Through 1925] (New York:
Simon & Schuster, 1926).Ramsaye started his professional career as an
engineer but switched to journalism when he joined the staff of the
Kansas City Star and Times in 1905. In the following decade, he worked
on newspapers in Leavenworth, Kansas, and in Omaha, St. Paul,
Minnesota, and Chicago.The motion picture industry was in its infancy
when he joined Mutual Film Corporation in 1915. While at Mutual, he
produced some Charlie Chaplin comedies and founded Screen Telegram,
which achieved conspicuous success during World War I. He was one of
the founding members of the Associated Motion Picture
Advertisers.Subsequently he was associated with Samuel Roxy Rothafel
in the management of Broadway's Rialto and Rivoli theaters. He also
launched and edited the newsreel Kinograms. After producing and
editing numerous adventure films including Grass (1925) and Simba:
King of the Beasts (1928) with explorers Martin and Osa Johnson, he
became editor-in-chief of Pathé News and Audio Review.
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