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Imperial Japanese dance / - vaudeville film

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Summary

"A charming representation of The Mikado dance by three beautiful Japanese ladies in full costume. Very effective when colored. 45 feet"--Edison films catalog.

Copyright: no reg.

Performers: Sarashe Sisters.

Camera, William Heise.

Duration: 0:28 at 24 fps.

Filmed ca. October-November 1894, in Edison's Black Maria studio, in West Orange, New Jersey.

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Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.

Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997, p. 153; Raff & Gammon. Price list of films, ca. June 1895, p. 2 [MI]; Maguire & Baucus. Edison and international photographic films catalogue, April 1897, p. 10 [MI]; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 53 [MI].

35 mm dupe neg pic renumbered: FPB 9182 to FZA 2397.

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dance dancers japanese filmed vaudeville acts filmed dance peep shows motion pictures silent films short films nonfiction films imperial history of japan 19th century inventing entertainment the early motion pictures and sound recordings of the edison companies motion picture broadcasting and recorded sound division afi holt hl collection library of congress w k l william kennedy laurie dickson william heise sarashe sisters inc thomas a edison film video imperial japanese dance united states history library of congress
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Date

01/01/1894
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Contributors

Dickson, W. K.-L. (William Kennedy-Laurie), 1860-1935, production.
Heise, William, camera.
Sarashe Sisters, performers.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
AFI/Holt (H.L.) Collection (Library of Congress)
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http://www.loc.gov/
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Public Domain

label_outline Explore Peep Shows Motion Pictures, W K L William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, Filmed Vaudeville Acts

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dance dancers japanese filmed vaudeville acts filmed dance peep shows motion pictures silent films short films nonfiction films imperial history of japan 19th century inventing entertainment the early motion pictures and sound recordings of the edison companies motion picture broadcasting and recorded sound division afi holt hl collection library of congress w k l william kennedy laurie dickson william heise sarashe sisters inc thomas a edison film video imperial japanese dance united states history library of congress