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English: Pillow fight (1897).
Original description by the Library of Congress:
CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1897.
SUMMARY
From F.M. Prescott catalog: A comic subject, clear, bright and characteristic. Shows four girls in their night dresses, engaged in an animated pillow fight. During the action the pillows become torn, and the feathers fly over their heads and about the room in great numbers, producing with the white dresses and the black background a novel effect. Sharp, full of action, and popular in character. 50 feet only. Price, $15.00.
From Edison films catalog: Four young ladies, in their nightgowns, are having a romp. One of the pillows gets torn, and the feathers fly all over the room. 45 feet. $6.75.
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Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 24May1897; 31242.
Camera, William Heise.
Duration: 0:25 at 30 fps.
Filmed ca. May 1897, in Edison's Black Maria studio.
Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997, p. 305; F.M. Prescott. Latest Edison films for projecting machines, June 1897, p. 2; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 69.
SUBJECTS
Girls--United States--Social life and customs--Drama.
Games for girls--United States--Drama.
Play--United States--Drama.
Amusements--United States--Drama.
Pillows--United States.
Nightgowns--United States.
Beds--United States.
Comedy
RELATED NAMES
White, James H. (James Henry), production.
Heise, William, camera.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
AFI/Holt (H.L.) Collection (Library of Congress)
MEDIUM
1 reel of 1 (ca. 45 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. ref print.
CALL NUMBER
FEA 8492 (ref print)
REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID
edmp 4055 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/edmp.4055
Date
Source YouTube
Author James Henry (production), William Heise (cameraman)
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