Film, Video The enchanted drawing
About this Item
- Title
- The enchanted drawing
- Summary
- "Upon a large sheet of white paper a cartoonist is seen at work rapidly sketching the portrait of an elderly gentleman of most comical feature and expression. After completing the likeness the artist rapidly draws on the paper a clever sketch of a bottle of wine and a goblet, and then, to the surprise of all, actually removes them from the paper on which they were drawn and pours actual wine out of the bottle into a real glass. Surprising effects quickly follow after this; and the numerous changes of expression which flit over the face in the sketch cause a vast amount of amusement and at the same time give a splendid illustration of the caricaturist's art. 100 feet"--Edison films catalog.
- Contributor Names
- Blackton, James Stuart, 1875-1941, production, performer.
- Smith, Albert E. (Albert Edward), 1875-1958, production, camera.
- Vitagraph Company of America.
- Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
- Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress)
- Created / Published
- United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1900.
- Subject Headings
- - Magic drawings--Humor
- - Caricatures and cartoons--Humor
- - Caricature--Humor
- - Magic tricks--Humor
- - Hallucinations and illusions--Humor
- - Facial expression--Humor
- - Filmed vaudeville acts
- Genre
- Comedy films
- Trick films
- Stop-motion animation films
- Silent films
- Short films
- Notes
- - D21656 U.S. Copyright Office
- - Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 16Nov1900; D21656.
- - Performer: J. Stuart Blackton.
- - Camera, Albert E. Smith.
- - Duration: 1:26 at 18 fps.
- - Filmed in September to early November 1900, on Vitagraph's rooftop studio in New York, New York.
- - Paper print shelf number (LC 1592) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
- - Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
- - Digital file includes a piano score composed and performed by Philip Carli.
- - Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Library of Congress video collection, v. 3, Origins of American animation, 1900-1921; McIntire, J. Silent animated films at the Library of Congress, 1995; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 641; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 90; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 81 [MI].
- - Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
- - 35 mm dupe neg pic renumbered: FPE 5272 to FZA 2680.
- Medium
- viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 1 min., 37 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 1 min., 100 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
- dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 1 min., 37 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
- dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 1 min., 100 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
- master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 1 min., 37 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 4606 (viewing print)
- FEB 9701 (viewing print)
- FRA 1635 (dupe neg pic)
- FZA 2680 (dupe neg pic)
- FRB 2350 (master pos pic)
- Box 0178C (paper pos)
- Box 5531B (paper pos, copy 2)
- Repository
- Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA dcu
- Digital Id
- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/animp.1592
- Library of Congress Control Number
- 00694004
- Online Format
- image
- video
- LCCN Permalink
- https://lccn.loc.gov/00694004
- Additional Metadata Formats
- MARCXML Record
- MODS Record
- Dublin Core Record
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Contributors
- Blackton, James Stuart
- Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress)
- Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
- Smith, Albert E. (Albert Edward)
- Thomas A. Edison, Inc
- Vitagraph Company of America
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