The movie fad also brought celebrities to Edison's little room in West Orange to be photographed — including sure-shot Annie Oakley, bodybuilder Eugen Sandow (the Ahhh-nold of his day), boxer ...

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As twilight descended over North Jersey on Dec. 9, 1914, an explosion tore through Thomas Edison’s laboratory complex. The blast originated in the West Orange facility's film inspection building.

West Orange Township Council approved Matrix Development Group's purchase of a 12-acre site for a proposed film studio. The project would be near Thomas Edison’s first film studio, the Black Maria.