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W.K.L. Dickson.
Frame enlargement: Silent Era low-res collection. |
[Dickson Greeting]
(1891) American
B&W : Short film
Directed by W.K.L. Dickson and William Heise
Cast: W.K.L. Dickson [himself].
Edison Manufacturing Company production. / Cinematography by William Heise. / No copyright registration. / The production was shot before 20 May 1891 in the Edison Laboratory Photographic Building in West Orange, New Jersey, on an experimental horizontal-feed camera with a round aperture and 3/4 inch (19mm) wide film with a single edge row of sprocket perforations. The film was shot before 20 May 1891 since the film was presented (in an experimental viewing box) at a convention of the Federation of Women’s Clubs on that date.
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Synopsis: A view of Dickson bowing, smiling, waving his hands, and taking off his hat.
Survival Status: A fragmentary print exists in the Library of Congress film archive [35mm preservation positive, 35mm reference positive (FEB 9908)].
Keywords: Experimental motion picture systems - Hats
Listing updated: 26 July 2008.
References: Film viewing : Musser-Before p. 31; Musser-Emerge p. 68; Ramsaye-Million p. 79 : Website-LoC.
Home Video: DVD.
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