Film, Video The lone fisherman
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Title
- The lone fisherman
Summary
- Depicts the patient fisherman, sitting on the end of a plank, waiting for a bite. Practical joker comes along and removes stone from other end of plank"--Edison films catalog, no. 105.
Names
- White, James H. (James Henry), production
- Heise, William, camera
- Thomas A. Edison, Inc
Created / Published
- United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., [1896].
Headings
- - Fishers--Humor
- - Fishing--Humor
- - Practical jokes--Humor
Genre
- Comedy films
- Silent films
- Short films
- Fiction films
Notes
- - Duration: 0:58 at 30 fps.
- - Source: the painting "Fisherman's Luck" by James Maffit.
- - Sources used: Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 241; Maguire & Baucus. Edison and international photographic films catalogue, April 1897, p. 11 [MI]; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 71 [MI]; AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 614.
- - Camera, William Heise.
- - Filmed in early September 1896, probably in Fanwood, N.J.
- - 35 mm viewing print renumbered: FEC 8075 to FYA 1133.
Medium
- viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (109 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- FYA 1133 (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
- 00694129
Online Format
- image
- video