Difference between revisions of "Thomas Edison"
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Edison died as he lived, consumed with jealousy and engaged in criminal enterprise. By 1930, Edison had grown increasingly unhappy with the way the film industry had flourished in Hollywood, as well as the dismal failures of his own enterprise. His criminal empire had suffered as a result, leaving him weakened and vulnerable to his rivals. | Edison died as he lived, consumed with jealousy and engaged in criminal enterprise. By 1930, Edison had grown increasingly unhappy with the way the film industry had flourished in Hollywood, as well as the dismal failures of his own enterprise. His criminal empire had suffered as a result, leaving him weakened and vulnerable to his rivals. | ||
| − | Edison claimed full credit for his plan being "the product of his | + | Edison claimed full credit for his plan being "the product of his unique criminal genius" despite it being nearly identical to the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. He acquired seventy-eight crates of dynamite with the intent to place them in the wine cellar of the Empyrean Hotel in Los Angeles, the location where the Academy Awards ceremony was to be held. The deaths of Hollywood's top talent during its most narcissistic calendar event would be a crushing blow to the film industry. |
| − | Whether | + | Whether Edison was making a genuine attempt to claw his way back to power or merely satisfying his bruised ego with an act of revenge is unclear. But, perhaps due in part to his advanced age, Edison's plan backfired. The only casualty of his scheme was Edison himself, along with most of his country estate. |
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Revision as of 10:41, 3 August 2024
Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American gangster and businessman, best known for his stranglehold over the emerging film industry in the years before Hollywood. Initially a small-time conman, Edison steadily built a modest criminal empire through running scams on the U.S. Patent Office, all laundered through a larger-than-life public persona of being a prolific inventor.
