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Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1920
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SUMMARY
From Edison films catalog: The scene opens in the interior of an artist's studio. Mephisto appears mysteriously and signals the pictures to come to life. They step down from the frames and walk forward, admiring their costumes. Mephisto then touches the artist on the shoulder, awaking him, and disappears. The artist, after rubbing his eyes, sees the picture on his right hand side and jumps up to embrace her. After embracing her once, he makes a second attempt and she disappears. The artist now wakes up, jumps to his feet and runs to see if the pictures are still in the frames. He examines them and finding that they are still fast on the wall, realizes that he has been dreaming and seeks consolation in the bottle. 60 feet. $9.00.
NOTES
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 21Mar1900; D6369.
Duration: 1:03 at 16 fps.
Filmed ca. February to mid-March 1900.
Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997, p. 583-84; Niver, K.R. Early motion pictures, 1985; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 83-84 [MI].
SUBJECTS
Dreams--Drama.
Artists--Sexual behavior--Drama.
Painting--Drama.
Women in art--Drama.
Artists--Alcohol use--Drama.
Mephistopheles (Legendary character)--Drama.
Artists' studios--Drama.
Hallucinations and illusions--Drama.
Trick
Fantasy
RELATED NAMES
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
MEDIUM
1 reel of 1 (ca. 75 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. ref print.
1 roll of 1 (ca. 75 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos.
CALL NUMBER
FEB 9369 (ref print)
LC 1162 (paper pos)
REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID
edmp 1162 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/edmp.1162
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