Film, Video Karina Alternate title in AFI catalog: film beginnings, 1893-1910: Karina, specialty dancer
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Title
- Karina
Other Title
- Alternate title in AFI catalog: film beginnings, 1893-1910: Karina, specialty dancer
Summary
- On a bare stage with a black background stands a woman with short, curly hair, wearing a dark dress with a sleeveless top, low-cut bodice, mid-calf length skirt, and layers of petticoats. Smiling at the camera, she seductively raises her skirt to reveal the multiple white petticoats, as well as her lacy, white bloomers to the knees, white tights, and a garter on her right thigh. Peering over her lifted skirt, Karina slowly turns around and then lowers to her knees and leans back, circling with her upper body and arms. Still holding up the skirt, she returns to standing. With her back to the viewer, she bend backwards at the waist so that she looks at the camera, and dramatically covers her face with one arm. Karina then stands back up and turns to the camera. Lifting her skirt, she performs a "dance" consisting of circles, leg lifts, and twirls.
- "A woman dressed as a can-can dancer stands in the center of the stage and, for the full extent of the film, she raises the hem of her dress as she twirls around"--Early motion pictures.
Names
- Bonine, R. (Robert K.) camera
- Karina, Mlle., performer
- American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
- Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1898.
Headings
- - Dance--United States
Genre
- Filmed burlesque acts
- Silent films
- Short films
- Nonfiction films
Notes
- - H22556 U.S. Copyright Office
- - Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 14Oct1902; H22556.
- - Original main title lacking.
- - Duration: 0:23 at 18 fps.
- - Biograph production no. 541.
- - Paper print shelf number (LC 0434) 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; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 173; AFI catalog: film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 562; Biograph production records, American Mutoscope production log, production no. 541.
- - Camera, Robert K. Bonine?
- - Performer: Karina.
- - Filmed in 1898 in Biograph's New York City studio.
- - Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
- - paper pos Received: 1902-10-14; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.
- - Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
- - Paper print roll lacking suffix.
Medium
- viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (11 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (28 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
- dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (11 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (28 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
- paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 25 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
- paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 25 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- FLA 3448 (viewing print)
- FEC 2175 (viewing print)
- FRA 0729 (dupe neg pic)
- FPE 7655 (dupe neg pic)
- Box 0558 (paper pos)
- Box 5552B (paper pos, copy 2)
Repository
- Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 96520146
Online Format
- image
- video
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Contributor
- American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
- Bonine, R. (Robert K.)
- Karina
- Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)