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The Widow and the Only Man
(1904) United States of America
B&W : 463 feet
Directed by Wallace McCutcheon

Cast: (unknown)

American Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company and Kleine Optical Company. / Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / © 8 September 1904 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H50221]. Released August 1904. / [?] Mutoscope 68mm spherical 1.36:1 format? / The production was shot in Brooklyn, New York, and on Coney Island, New York. In the film, the camera tracks in for close-up reaction shot, then out again. The film features intertitles.

Comedy.

Synopsis: The ‘only man’ is courted in a resort full of women.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Boats - Flowers - Pipes - Rescues - Swimsuits - Transportation: Automobiles - USA: New York: Brooklyn - USA: New York: Coney Island - Water

Listing updated: 4 February 2015.

References: Film viewing : Fell-History pp. 24, 37; Niver-Early p. 365; Niver-First pp. 67, 92 : Website-AFI.

Home video: VHS.