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Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1920
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SUMMARY
The set is of the interior of a bakery. A man in a baker's hat and costume enters and begins kneading some dough on a table by the oven. He notices a make-believe rat crawling up the side of a nearby barrel and throws the dough at the rat, covering it completely. He then goes over to the dough and begins to pummel it with his hands. His back is to the camera, which obscures the actual manipulation of the dough, but when he steps away there is now a sculptured mask to admire. He sculpts another mask, and two other men, also dressed as bakers, come in, see what he is doing, pick him up bodily, and stick him head first into the flour barrel.
NOTES
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 3Apr1902; H15916.
Duration: 1:19 at 20 fps.
Summary from K.R. Niver.
Digital file includes a piano score composed and performed by Philip Carli.
Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Library of Congress video collection, v. 3, Origins of American animation, 1900-1921; McIntire, J. Silent animated films at the Library of Congress, 1995; Niver, K.R. Early motion pictures, 1985.
Received: ca. 1990; 35 mm. viewing print; preservation; Paper Print Collection.
Received: ca. 1962; 16 mm. viewing print and dupe neg pic; preservation; Paper Print Collection.
Received: ca. 1990; 35 mm. dupe neg pic; preservation; Paper Print Collection.
Received: 3-1902; paper pos, copies 1 and 2; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.
SUBJECTS
Bakeries--Drama.
Bakery employees--Drama.
Dough--Drama.
Sculpture--Drama.
Masks (Sculpture)--Drama.
Sculptors--Drama.
Comedy films.
Trick films.
Clay animation films.
Silent films.
Short films.
Fiction films.
RELATED NAMES
Porter, Edwin S., production, camera.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
MEDIUM
1 film reel of 1 (ca. 1 min., ca. 37 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. viewing print.
1 reel of 1 (ca. 1 min., ca. 100 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. viewing print
1 film reel of 1 (ca. 1 min., ca. 37 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. dupe neg pic.
1 film reel of 1 (ca. 1 min., 100 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. dupe neg pic.
1 roll of 1 (ca. 100 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos.
1 roll of 1 (ca. 100 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos (copy 2)
CALL NUMBER
FLA 4634 (viewing print)
FEB 9713 (viewing print)
FRA 4634 (dupe neg pic)
FPE 5243 (dupe neg pic)
Box no. 0177 (paper pos, copy 1)
Box no. 5115 (paper pos, copy 2)
REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID
animp 1620 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/animp.1620
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