Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
AKA [Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze, January 7, 1894], [Fred Ott’s Sneeze], [The Sneeze] : {A Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze}
(1894) American
B&W : 4 feet
Directed by W.K.L. Dickson

Cast: Fred Ott.

Edison Manufacturing Company production. / Cinematography by William Heise. / © 9 January 1894 by W.K.L. Dickson [2887Z]. / Kinetoscope 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot circa 2-7 January 1894 in the Edison Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey. Bohn-Light p. 9 mistakenly claims that this film was shot in 1889 by Dickson.

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Synopsis: Well-known one-shot motion subject of Edison employee Fred Ott, handkerchief in hand, sneezing.

Survival Status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive [35mm preservation positive].

Keywords: Early close-ups - Handkerchiefs - Sneezes

Listing updated: 21 August 2007.

References: Film viewing : Blum-Silent p. 7; Bohn-Light pp. xv, 9; Brownlow-Parade p. 23; Everson-American p. 367; Leyda-Before p. 16; McCaffrey-Guide pp. 5-6; Musser-Before p. 39; Musser-Emerge pp. 75, 601; Niver-First pp. 2-3; Ramsaye-Million pp. 78b, 79, 82, 238; Robinson-Palace pp. 41, 42, 43; Shipman-Cinema p. 8; Sinyard-Silent p. 14 : Website-LoC.

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