Crissie Sheridan / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.

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Crissie Sheridan / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1897.

SUMMARY
A woman in a white gown performs a skirt dance, using her arms to produce circles and other patterns within the folds of her costume. Her legs and feet appear to be bare.

NOTES
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 25Oct1897; 60590.

Original main title lacking.

Duration: 0:40 at 19 fps.

Materials listed originate from the paper print chosen best copy of two for digitization; for other holdings on this title, see the M/B/RS Paper Print database.

From Niver, K.R. Early motion pictures: The artist was a professional and was invited to perform by Mr. Edison's earliest film people. All evidence indicates that the film was shot in the Black Maria, the nickname given to Edison's first moving picture studio.

NCN046291; Crissie Sheridan.

Filmed in Edison's "Black Maria" studio in West Orange, New Jersey.

Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Niver, K.R. Early motion pictures, 1985.

Received: 12/6/94 from LC film lab; ref print; preservation; Paper Print Collection.

Received: 10/25/94 from LC film lab; dupe neg; preservation; Paper Print Collection.

Received: 10/25/1897; paper pos; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.

SUBJECTS
Dance--United States.
Silent films.
Dance.
Vaudeville.
Shorts.

MEDIUM
1 reel of 1 (47 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. ref print.
1 reel of 1 (47 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. dupe neg.
1 roll (47 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos.

CALL NUMBER
FEC 2176 (ref print)
FPE 7659 (dupe neg)
LC 1143a (paper pos)

DIGITAL ID
(m) varsmp 1143

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