Walter Pfeffer Dando
| Walter Pfeffer Dando | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1852 London[1] |
| Died | 1944 |
Walter Pfeffer Dando (1852-1944, some sources 1854[2]) was a British stage engineer and early film director. Among his developments and patents where those for a device allowing theatre actors to "fly" about the stage (by 1875), and improvements to the technology for tableaux vivants.[3] Dando also served as official photographer to the Zoological Society of London.[1]
Dando was the stage manager of the Palace Theatre (1891-1896) before leaving to establish his own business screening "phantom rides", first-person travel footage from trains.[4]
Personal life
Dando attended Southgate College, and in 1878 married Aena, "the original flying dancer".[5]
Works
Films
- King John (1899)
Books
- Illustrated Official Guide to the London Zoological Society (1906)
- Wild Animals & the Camera (1911)
- More Wild Animals & the Camera (1913)
References
- 1 2 The Green Room Book. 1906. p. 95.
- ↑ Linda Fitzsimmons (2000). Moving performance: British stage and screen, 1890s-1920s. Flicks Books. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-948911-54-5.
- ↑ Donohue
- ↑ Richard Brown; Barry Anthony (October 1999). A Victorian film enterprise: the history of the British Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1897-1915. Flicks Books. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-948911-27-9.
- ↑ The Green Room Book. 1906. p. 95.
- Joseph Donohue. W.P. Dando's improved Tableaux Vivants at the Palace Theatre of Varieties, London. Theatre Notebook, 1 October 2009
External links
- Walter Pfeffer Dando at the Internet Movie Database
- Walter Dando at Arthurlloyd.co.uk (burial information)
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