Name M.H. Ladde Died February 18, 1932 | Role Photographer | |
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Movies Gestoorde hengelaar, Spelende kinderen, Solser en Hesse People also search for J.W. Merkelbach, Lion Solser, Piet Hesse | ||
M.H. (Machiel Hendricus) Ladde (November 5, 1866 - February 18, 1932) was a Dutch photographer and film director. He was the director of the first Dutch fictional film, the 1896 comedy Gestoorde hengelaar (English: Disturbed Angler).
Between 1896 and c.1906 Ladde made several short silent movies for the studio Eerst Nederlandsch Atelier tot het vervaardigen van Films voor de Bioscoop en Cinematograaf M.H. Ladde & J.W. Merkelbach. These were shown by the traveling cinema of Christiaan Slieker (1861-1945).
None of Ladde's films have been preserved.
Ladde also was a well-known photographer with his own studio in Buiksloot (now part of Amsterdam) and was the son-in-law of the photographer J.W. Merkelbach (Johannes Wilhelm, known as Wim) (1873-1922) who was his business partner.