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Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1920
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Copyright: no reg.
Performer: Carmencita.
Camera, William Heise.
Duration: 0:21 at 30 fps.
According to Edison film historian C. Musser, Spanish dancer Carmencita was the first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera. Six months before filming, she had been performing at Koster & Bial's Music Hall in New York City since February 1890.
MAVIS 179915; Carmencita.
Filmed March 10-16, 1894, in Edison's Black Maria studio.
Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997, p. 94.
viewing print; Received: 1994-05-13; preservation; Hendricks (Gordon) Collection.
SUBJECTS
Dance--United States.
Ballet dancing--United States.
Dancers--United States.
Vaudeville--United States.
Filmed dance.
Silent films.
Short films.
Nonfiction films.
RELATED NAMES
Dickson, W. K.-L. (William Kennedy-Laurie), 1860-1935, production.
Heise, William, camera.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Hendricks (Gordon) Collection (Library of Congress)
MEDIUM
viewing print. 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 1 min., 38 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
CALL NUMBER
FEC 8116 (viewing print)
REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID
edmp 4019 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/edmp.4019
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