SUMMARY
Experimental sound film made for Edison's kinetophone -- a combination of the kinetoscope and phonograph -- but apparently never distributed. The LC copy is silent. Features two men dancing to a violinist.
OTHER TITLES
Variant title: [Dickson violin]
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CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : [Edison Manufacturing Co., 1895].
NOTES
Copyright: no reg.
Performer: W.K.L. Dickson or Charles D'Almaine.
Camera, William Heise.
Filmed ca. September 1894 to April 2, 1895, in Edison's Black Maria studio.
SUBJECTS
Sound motion pictures--Experiments.
Kineto-phonograph.
Violin.
Violinists.
Dance.
Male dancers.
Music
RELATED NAMES
Dickson, W. K.-L. (William Kennedy-Laurie), 1860-1935, production, cast.
D'Almaine, Charles, 1871-1943, cast.
Heise, William, camera.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Dunston (Gatewood) Collection (Library of Congress)
DIGITAL ID
edmp.4034 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/edmp.4034
Author: LibraryOfCongress
Keywords: Library congress edison silent paperprint short film Sound motion pictures Experiments Kineto-phonograph Violin Violinists Dance Music
Added: March 26, 2009
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