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Film, Video Cripple Creek bar-room scene Cripple Creek barroom scene

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Title

  • Cripple Creek bar-room scene

Other Title

  • Cripple Creek barroom scene

Summary

  • "Shows tap room of the "Miners Arms," stout lady at the bar, and three men playing stud horse. Old toper with a silk hat asleep by the stove. Rough miner enters, bar maid serves him with Red Eye Whiskey and he proceeds to clean out the place. Barmaid takes a hand with a siphon of vichy, and bounces the intruder, with the help of the card players, who line up before the bar and take copious drinks on the house. 45 feet"--Edison films catalog.

Names

  • White, James H. (James Henry), production.
  • Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1899.

Headings

  • -  Bars (Drinking establishments)--Humor
  • -  Gold miners--Colorado--Cripple Creek--Humor
  • -  Bartenders--Colorado--Cripple Creek--Humor
  • -  Affray--Colorado--Cripple Creek--Humor

Genre

  • Comedy films
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Fiction films

Notes

  • -  31770 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 10May1899; 31770.
  • -  Duration: 0:46 at 16 fps.
  • -  Filmed March to mid-April 1899, in Edison's Black Maria studio, West Orange, New Jersey.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC LC 1173) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
  • -  Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 497; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 69; Edison films catalog, no. 94, March 1900, p. 35 [MI]; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 70 [MI].
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (25 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (25 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 25 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • master pos pic (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 25 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 4187 (viewing print)
  • FEC 2826 (viewing print)
  • FRA 1351 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPE 9698 (dupe neg pic)
  • FRB 0860 (master pos pic)
  • FRB 3058 (master pos pic, copy 2)
  • Box 0025B (paper pos)
  • Box 5041B (paper pos, copy 2)

Repository

  • Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 00694184

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Thomas A. Edison, Inc, Paper Print Collection, and Niver. Cripple Creek bar-room scene. produceds by White, James H. Uction United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1899. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694184/.

APA citation style:

Thomas A. Edison, I., Paper Print Collection & Niver. (1899) Cripple Creek bar-room scene. White, J. H. U., prod United States: Edison Manufacturing Co. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00694184/.

MLA citation style:

Thomas A. Edison, Inc, Paper Print Collection, and Niver. Cripple Creek bar-room scene. prod by White, James H. Uction United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1899. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00694184/>.