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Film, Video The lone fisherman

Digital viewing copy

About this Item

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

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Chicago citation style:

Heise, William, Camera, and Inc Thomas A. Edison. The Lone Fisherman. produceds by White, James H. Uction [United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1896] Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694129/.

APA citation style:

Heise, W. & Thomas A. Edison, I. (1896) The Lone Fisherman. White, J. H. U., prod [United States: Edison Manufacturing Co] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00694129/.

MLA citation style:

Heise, William, Camera, and Inc Thomas A. Edison. The Lone Fisherman. prod by White, James H. Uction [United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1896] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00694129/>.