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Three American Beauties
(1906) American
B&W : [?] 60 or 65? feet
Directed by Edwin S. Porter and Wallace McCutcheon
Cast: [?] [the woman with the rose].
Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / Cinematography by Edwin S. Porter. / © 1 May 1906 by Thomas A. Edison [H76443, H76444, H76445]. Released June 1906. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. Color-tinted. / The production was shot on 17 March 1906 at Edison’s 21st Street studio in New York, New York. This production was so popular that Porter reshot the film in September 1907 to replace the worn-out original negative.
Tableaux.
Synopsis: This hand-tinted view of a young woman and a rose, and of the American flag was intended to be shown as the last item on a program.
Survival Status: Print exists in the Museum of Modern Art film archive.
Keywords: Flags: American - Flowers: Roses
Listing updated: 17 March 2008.
References: Film viewing : Leyda-Before pp. 82, 133; Tarbox-Lost p. 43 : Website-AFI.
Home video: DVD.
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