Film, Video Princess Ali Title in Maguire & Baucus catalogue: Egyptian dance
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Title
- Princess Ali
Other Title
- Title in Maguire & Baucus catalogue: Egyptian dance
Summary
- Princess Ali, of Barnum and Bailey's Circus, is filmed performing an Egyptian dance. As she dances, some musicians perform in the background to provide accompaniment.
Names
- Heise, William, production, camera
- Thomas A. Edison, Inc
- Hendricks (Gordon) Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., [1895]
Headings
- - Belly dance--United States
- - Dancing--United States
- - Circus performers--United States
Genre
- Filmed vaudeville acts
- Peep shows (Motion pictures)
- Silent films
- Short films
- Nonfiction films
Notes
- - Copyright: no reg.
- - Duration: 0:12 at 30 fps.
- - Sources used: Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 184; Maguire & Baucus. Edison and international photographic films catalogue, April 1897, p. 7 [MI].
- - Camera, William Heise.
- - Performer: Princess Ali.
- - Filmed May 9, 1895, in Edison's Black Maria studio in West Orange New Jersey, while Princess Ali was performing with Barnum & Bailey's Circus in Orange, New Jersey.
- - 35 mm viewing print renumbered: FEC 8100 to FYA 1428.
Medium
- viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 20 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- FYA 1428 (viewing print)
Repository
- Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA dcu
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 00694136
Online Format
- image
- video