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Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy
(1909) American
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by J. Stuart Blackton
Cast: Paul Panzer [the smoker], Gladys Hulette [the elder fairy], [one female actor].
The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by The Vitagraph Company of America. / Produced by J. Stuart Blackton. Cinematography by Tony Gaudio. / Released 10 August 1909. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. Hand colored. / The production was shot at Vitagraph’s Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, studio. The film was restored by the Before Hollywood Project, with the original color tints.
Comedy: Fantasy.
Survival Status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (American Film Institute / J. Stuart Blackton collection).
Keywords: Animation [stop-motion] - Fairies - Matches - Seltzer water - Smoke - Tobacco: Cigarettes, Cigars
Listing updated: 14 January 2007.
References: Leyda-Before pp. 10, 70, 82, 138; Slide-BigV p. 176d; Slide-Early p. 14 : Image-34-1-2 p. 38.
Home Video: DVD.
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