Freeman Harrison Owens, born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the only child of Charles H. Owens and Christabel Harrison. He attended Pine Bluff High School in Pine Bluff, but quit in his senior year to work at a local movie theatre as a projectionist. Owens constructed his own 35mm movie camera at the age of 16. He filmed early newsreels, such as the Chicago Union Stock Yards Fire in December 1910 and the Charleston, South Carolina hurricane and flood in August 1911.

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  • Freeman Harrison Owens, born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the only child of Charles H. Owens and Christabel Harrison. He attended Pine Bluff High School in Pine Bluff, but quit in his senior year to work at a local movie theatre as a projectionist. Owens constructed his own 35mm movie camera at the age of 16. He filmed early newsreels, such as the Chicago Union Stock Yards Fire in December 1910 and the Charleston, South Carolina hurricane and flood in August 1911. He served during World War I as a photographer, helping progress the art of aerial photography for combat purposes. He filmed the famous Joe Stecher vs. Earl Caddock wrestling match at Madison Square Garden on 30 January 1920. His last credit as cinematographer was Love's Old Sweet Song (1923), filmed in the Lee DeForest Phonofilm process, and starring a young Una Merkel. In June 1923, DeForest began legal action against Owens alleging patent infringement. In 1924, Owens sold his patents for the Movietone sound-on-film process to Fox Film Corporation owner William Fox. In July 1926, Fox acquired the patents of Theodore Case (1888-1944) -- and acquired the U.S. rights to the German Tri-Ergon patents—to create the Fox Movietone sound-on-film system. Freeman Harrison Owens died on 9 December 1979 in Pine Bluff, at the age of 89, and is buried at Bellwood Cemetery in his hometown of Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He was inducted into the Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame in Pine Bluff on October 3, 2003, and was inducted into the Arkansas Walk of Fame in Hot Springs (Garland County) on December 6, 2003.
  • Freeman Harrison Owens est un inventeur et réalisateur américain né à Pine Bluff dans l'Arkansas, fils unique de Charles H. Owens et Christabel Harrison. Il a été diplômé de la Pine Bluff High School mais partit rapidement pour travailler dans un petit cinéma local, comme projectionniste. Owens construisit sa propre caméra 35 mm à l'âge de 16 ans. Il tourna ses premiers courts métrages grâce à cette dernière, comme le feu ayant pris dans la Chicago Union Stock Yards en décembre 1910. Il a d'ailleurs servi durant la Première Guerre mondiale comme photographe dans la photographie aérienne. Il a également filmé le célèbre combat opposant Joe Stecher à Earl Caddock. Son dernier tournage sera Love's Old Sweet Song en 1923, filmé grâce au procédé de Lee De Forest, le Phonofilm, avec Una Merkel. En 1924, il brevètera son procédé Movietone chez la Twentieth Century Fox. Freeman Harrison Owens mourut en 1979, à Pine Bluff.
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  • Freeman Harrison Owens, born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the only child of Charles H. Owens and Christabel Harrison. He attended Pine Bluff High School in Pine Bluff, but quit in his senior year to work at a local movie theatre as a projectionist. Owens constructed his own 35mm movie camera at the age of 16. He filmed early newsreels, such as the Chicago Union Stock Yards Fire in December 1910 and the Charleston, South Carolina hurricane and flood in August 1911.
  • Freeman Harrison Owens est un inventeur et réalisateur américain né à Pine Bluff dans l'Arkansas, fils unique de Charles H. Owens et Christabel Harrison. Il a été diplômé de la Pine Bluff High School mais partit rapidement pour travailler dans un petit cinéma local, comme projectionniste. Owens construisit sa propre caméra 35 mm à l'âge de 16 ans.
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