Film, Video Mesmerist and country couple
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Title
- Mesmerist and country couple
Summary
- "Mr. and Mrs. Hayseed have heard of this wonderful Professor, and come to his office. They waken him from a trance, give him a fee and he hypnotizes them. The stunts they do while under his influence would make the Sphinx laugh for joy. Hayseed stands on his head, balances himself on a chair and takes off his clothes. Mrs. Hayseed also begins to disrobe, but she goes behind a screen. Her bare arm appears over the top, and she drops her clothes on the floor. It is a hair raising moment to guess what she's going to do next. The mystical appearances and lightning changes are managed with wonderful cleverness. 100 feet"--Edison films catalog, no. 105.
Names
- Blackton, James Stuart, 1875-1941, production, cast
- Smith, Albert E. (Albert Edward), 1875-1958, production, camera
- American Vitagraph Company
- Thomas A. Edison, Inc
- Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1899.
Headings
- - Hypnotism--Humor
- - Mesmerism--Humor
- - Mesmerists--Humor
- - Farmers--Humor
Genre
- Comedy films
- Silent films
- Short films
- Fiction films
Notes
- - 40080 U.S. Copyright Office
- - Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 17June1899; 40080.
- - Duration: 1:44 at 16 fps.
- - Paper print shelf number (LC 1708) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
- - Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
- - Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 509; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 204; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 84-85 [MI]; AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 667.
- - Camera, Albert E. Smith.
- - J. Stuart Blackton (Professor).
- - Filmed in May to mid-June 1899, in Vitagraph's rooftop studio in New York.
- - Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
- - Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
Medium
- viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (48 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 100 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
- dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (48 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 100 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
- master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 100 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
- paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 100 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- FLA 4722 (viewing print)
- FEC 2823 (viewing print)
- FRA 1737 (dupe neg pic)
- FPE 9637 (dupe neg pic)
- FRB 2429 (master pos pic)
- Box 0496D (paper pos)
- Box 5163A (paper pos, copy 2)
Source Collection
- Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress)
Repository
- Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA dcu
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 00694244
Online Format
- image
- video
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Contributor
- American Vitagraph Company
- Blackton, James Stuart
- Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Smith, Albert E. (Albert Edward)
- Thomas A. Edison, Inc