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Film, Video Interrupted lovers Title in Edison films catalog, no. 105: Interrupted lover / Inventory title: Comedy scene

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About this Item

Title

  • Interrupted lovers

Other Title

  • Title in Edison films catalog, no. 105: Interrupted lover
  • Inventory title: Comedy scene

Summary

  • "The watchful father disturbs a dream of bliss, and the bucolic lover is taught a lesson. He made a great hit"--Edison films catalog, no. 105.

Names

  • White, James H. (James Henry), production
  • Heise, William, camera
  • Thomas A. Edison, Inc

Created / Published

  • United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., [1896]

Headings

  • -  Courtship--Humor
  • -  Fathers--Humor

Genre

  • Comedy films
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Fiction films

Notes

  • -  Duration: 0:22 at 30 fps.
  • -  Sources used: Musser, Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 242; Maguire & Baucus. Edison and international photographic films catalogue, April 1897, p. 10 [MI]; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 69 [MI].
  • -  Camera, William Heise.
  • -  Filmed in early September, 1896.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
  • -  35 mm viewing print renumbered: FEC 8077 to FYA 3793.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (41 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FYA 3793 (viewing print)

Source Collection

  • Hendricks (Gordon) 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

  • 00694126

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Heise, William, Camera, and Inc Thomas A. Edison. Interrupted Lovers. produceds by White, James H. Uction [United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1896] Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694126/.

APA citation style:

Heise, W. & Thomas A. Edison, I. (1896) Interrupted Lovers. White, J. H. U., prod [United States: Edison Manufacturing Co] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00694126/.

MLA citation style:

Heise, William, Camera, and Inc Thomas A. Edison. Interrupted Lovers. prod by White, James H. Uction [United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1896] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00694126/>.