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... they'll also be delighted by Stephen Herbert and Luke McKernan's 'Who's Who of Victorian Cinema' - A treasure box of short biographical essays on the medium's ...
- ↑ "Who's Who of Victorian Cinema". Intute . Retrieved 2007-09-25.
This website, the work of two specialists in film history, is a guide to Victorian film, covering the beginnings of filmmaking, from the 1870s until the death of Queen Victoria in 1901.
- ↑ "Victorian film". BoingBoing . Retrieved 2007-09-25.
Who's Who of Victorian Cinema is a comprehensive collection of obscure info about filmmaking at the end of the 19th century.
- ↑ McKernan, Luke (2020-12-29). "Farewell the trumpets". Luke McKernan. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
