George S. Fleming Explained

George S. Fleming was an American actor, director, and scenic designer whose short films were influential early projects in the medium.^[1]

Life and career

The Edison Manufacturing Company hired George S. Fleming in January 1901, just as its new roof-top studio on East Twenty-First Street in New York City were opening.^[2] Fleming and Edwin S. Porter were frequent collaborators. Fleming left the Edison production team in 1903.^[3]

Selected filmography

• Execution of Czolgosz with Panorama of Auburn Prison

Production Assistant (uncredited), 1901

• Ice-Boat Racing at Red Bank, N. J.

• Kansas Saloon Smashers (also titled Mrs. Carrie Nation and Her Hatchet Brigade): Director, 1901
• The Old Maid Having Her Picture Taken

Director, 1901

• President McKinley and Escort Going to the Capitol

• Trapeze Disrobing Act

Director, 1901

• What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City

Director (uncredited), 1901

• Why Mr. Nation Wants a Divorce

Director, 1901

• The Burlesque Suicide, No. 2

Director, 1902

• The Interrupted Bathers

Director, 1902

• Jack and the Beanstalk

Director, Set Designer, 1902

• Life of an American Fireman

Director, 1903

Notes and References

1. Kobel, Peter (2007). Silent Movies: The Birth of Film and the Triumph of Movie Culture. Hachette Digital, Inc.,
2. Abel, Richard (1996). Silent Film. Continuum International Publishing Group,
3. Musser, Charles (1991). Before the Nickelodeon: Edwin S. Porter and the Edison Manufacturing Company. University of California Press,