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Admiral Cigarette
(1897) American
B&W : [?] 50? feet
Directed by [?] William Heise?

Cast: (unknown)

Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by [?] Edison Manufacturing Company? / Cinematography by William Heise. / © 5 August 1897 by Thomas A. Edison [44332]. / [?] Kinetoscope 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format or Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format? / The production was shot in July 1897 [?] in the Edison Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey? Musser control number 362.

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Survival Status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive (LC 1353), 35mm reference positive (FEC 2318)].

Keywords: Advertising - Characters: Uncle Sam - Signage - Tobacco: Cigarettes

Listing updated: 4 May 2007.

References: Film viewing : LoC-MoPic-1 p. 1; Musser-Edison p. 315; Niver-Early p. 2; Prelinger-Guide p. 2 : Website-LoC.

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