Talk:Wilfred Buckland

Electric lighting for motion pictures
The section 'Work with DeMille' contains a claim that "While working with DeMille and Lasky, Buckland was credited with the introduction of artificial lighting to motion pictures with the use of Klieg lights, which also became known as "Lasky lighting." This is not the case. The first successful film made with electric light was the boxing fight between Tom Sharkey and James J. Jeffries on November 3, 1899 at the Coney Island Athletic Club. See File:Jeffries-Sharkey pictures - under the direction of Wm. A. Brady & Thos. O'Rourke.jpg. It was filmed by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.  See also The 100 Greatest Days in New York Sports by Stuart Miller, p. 316. A sadly somewhat facetious and un-reffed account of the film (but based on the facts) with pics of the 4-camera team is here: The Jeffries-Sharkey Fight and another shot looking towards the ring on Facebook.

A previous attempt, a film of the Bob Fitzsimmons-Jeffries fight on June 9, 1899 also on Coney Island made by Vitagraph Studios with lighting supplied by Joseph Menchen was not successful because the electrical generator failed. This was the result of a previous successful trial, using "arc lights of enormous amperage, furnished by Joe Menchen" was filmed at the Manhattan Theatre owned by William A. Brady, who also managed Jeffries. More at my unfinished draft User:MinorProphet/Joseph L. Menchen. MinorProphet (talk) 23:01, 11 January 2023 (UTC)