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Title in Maguire & Baucus catalogue: Egyptian dance
CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., [1895]
SUMMARY
From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: By "Princess Ali," the star of the Midway Plaisance.
NOTES
Copyright: no reg.
Performer: Princess Ali.
Camera, William Heise.
Duration: 0:12 at 30 fps.
MAVIS 180343.
Filmed May 9, 1895, in Edison's Black Maria studio, while Princess Ali was performing with Barnum & Bailey's circus in Orange, New Jersey.
Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997, p. 184; Maguire & Baucus. Edison and international photographic films catalogue, April 1897, p. 7 [MI].
Received: 5-13-1994; viewing print; preservation; Hendricks (Gordon) Collection.
SUBJECTS
Belly dance--United States.
Dance--United States.
Dancers--United States.
Circus performers--United States.
Dance
RELATED NAMES
Heise, William, production, camera.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Hendricks (Gordon) Collection (Library of Congress)
MEDIUM
1 film reel of 1 (ca. 1 min., ca. 21 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. viewing print.
CALL NUMBER
FEC 8100 (viewing print)
REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID
edmp 4035 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/edmp.4035
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