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Seminary Girls
Also known as [Scene in a Seminary]
(1897) United States of America
B&W : 150 feet
Directed by James H. White

Cast: (unknown)

Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacutring Company. / Cinematography by William Heise. / Released April 1897. / [?] Kinetoscope 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? / The film was also sold in a 50-foot length. [?] Possibly the same film as Girls in a Dormitory?

Comedy.

Synopsis: Young girls engage in a pillow fight until it is broken up by the headmistress. // [From Edison promotional materials] A number of young ladies, in their night robes, are having a frolic, and are interrupted by a teacher. One girl makes herself very conspicuous by crawling under a bed.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Beds - Nightgowns - Pillow fights - Pillows

Listing updated: 25 August 2023.

References: Film viewing : Tarbox-Lost pp. 30, 43 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.

 
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