Frank Dyer

…Frank knocks on the door and hears, come in from the other side. He walks into the office, crosses to a desk in front of a large window and slams down the newspaper. His boss, 62-year-old Thomas Edison says, good morning, Frank, in a soft voice. Looking at Edison, it's easy to think that he's somebody's kindly uncle, or the brilliant absent-minded inventor…

…Edison and the Trust shut it down years ago to open a state-of-the-art studio in New York City. Frank steps into the brick building and walks towards an office at the end of a long hallway. Not a strand of Frank's dark hair is out of place, and his suit fits perfectly. Frank is always the most neatly dressed man in any room he walks into. And he's almost al…

…Patent attorney and president of the trust, Frank Dyer, walks towards a red brick building that's part of Thomas Edison's sprawling laboratory complex. He clutches a newspaper in his hand. In a field nearby, Frank sees remnants of a large wooden structure that used to be the home of Thomas Edison's Black Maria studio, the first movie studio in the world.…