This Is Where I Came In Author:Mike Robertson 'This Is Where I Came In' is a novel about the earliest days of the motion picture business. A teenage boy in 1896 Texas sees the first exhibition of Thomas Edison's Vitascope machine and begins a journey which will dramatically change his life. He helps shape the direction of film history with some innovative ideas even as he deals with his own... more » coming of age. Readers whose knowledge of early film consists of Charlie Chaplin or the Keystone Kops will find fascinating glimpses into the almost-unknown early days of moving pictures and the pioneers who brought them from a novelty item to an art form.« less