Film, Video Hadj Cheriff Hadji Cheriff / Variant title from Edison motion pictures 1890-1900: Arab knife juggler / Erroneous inventory title: Sheikh Hadji Taha / Arab knife juggler / Sheikh Hadji Taha
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Title
- Hadj Cheriff
Other Title
- Hadji Cheriff
- Variant title from Edison motion pictures 1890-1900: Arab knife juggler
- Erroneous inventory title: Sheikh Hadji Taha
- Arab knife juggler
- Sheikh Hadji Taha
Summary
- Although the variant title for this film is "Arab knife juggler", and the performer is holding a knife in each hand, he appears to discard the knives just before his first handstand and cartwheel. He then performs an acrobatic routine which is a series of handstands, cartwheels, leaps and twirls.
Names
- Dickson, W. K.-L. (William Kennedy-Laurie), 1860-1935, film producer
- Cheriff, Hadji, performer
- Heise, William, cinematographer
- Thomas A. Edison, Inc., production company, film distributor
Created / Published
- United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., [1894]
Headings
- - Acrobats
- - Acrobatics
Genre
- Filmed performances
- Silent films
- Short films
- Nonfiction films
Notes
- - Duration: 0:19 at 30 fps.
- - Source used: Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 137-138.
- - Camera, William Heise.
- - Performer: Hadji L. Cheriff.
- - Filmed October 6, 1894, in Edison's Black Maria studio, West Orange, New Jersey.
- - Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
- - 35 mm viewing print renumbered: FEC 8058 to FYA 1241.
Medium
- viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 36 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- FYA 1241 (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
- 00694123
Online Format
- image
- video