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Trapeze Disrobing Act
(1901) United States of America
B&W : [?] 95 or 100? feet
Directed by Edwin S. Porter

Cast: (unknown)

Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / Cinematography by Edwin S. Porter. / © 11 November 1901 by Thomas A. Edison [H10634]. Released November 1901. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot at Edison’s 21st Street studio in New York, New York.

Performance.

Synopsis: A woman in street clothes, sitting on a trapeze, strips down to a leotard and performs acrobatic moves before an appreciative audience of two older men in a balcony. // [From Edison promotional materials] Shows the stage of a vaudeville theatre. A lady in evening costume is performing on a trapeze. Two Rubes are seated in a box. The lady begins to disrobe, and here the fun commences. As she removes her garments one by one and throws them at our rural friends, they begin going through antics, which to say the least, are highly amusing. When the stockings come off, the climax takes place. The Rubes jump from their seats and make things lively for a short time in the theatre.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive (American Film Institute collection, paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 17 March 2008.

References: Film viewing : Leyda-Before pp. 57, 63, 65, 66, 81, 111; Niver-Early p. 334; Sklar-Movie p. 23 : Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.

 
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