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Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1920


Princess Ali / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, William Heise.


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OTHER TITLES
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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