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Film, Video Living pictures Title from Biograph production log: Living picture production

About this Item

Title

  • Living pictures

Other Title

  • Title from Biograph production log: Living picture production

Summary

  • Four previously released films, posed by artists and representing well-known works of art. Each film, comprised of two "living pictures" is shown as it would have appeared live in vaudeville theaters of the time. At the opening of each "picture", curtains are drawn aside by two pages. The models remain for a short interval in complete repose, and then the curtains are drawn closed.

Names

  • Marvin, Arthur W., 1861-1911, camera
  • American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Biograph Co., 1903.
  • United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Co., 1903.

Contents

  • Living pictures. By the sea, and, The tempest (1900) / Biograph production no. 1596 -- Living pictures. Faith, and, The morning star (1900) / Biograph production no. 1597 -- Living pictures. Departure for Sabaoth, and, Psyche at the well (1900) / Biograph production no. 1599 -- Living pictures. Music, and, Galatea (1900) / Biograph production no. 1601.

Headings

  • -  Art
  • -  Tableaux

Genre

  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  H32628 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Based on works of art by various artists.
  • -  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 13June1903; H32628.
  • -  Title from Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912.
  • -  Camera, Arthur Marvin.
  • -  Photographed August 8, 1900 at the Biograph rooftop studio in New York City.
  • -  Summary derived from American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue summaries appearing in the American Film Institute catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910.
  • -  Biograph production no. 2386.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1690) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 186; AFI catalog: film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 610; Biograph production logs; Biograph photo catalog, v. 4, No. 1596, 1597, 1599, 1601, and v. 5, No. 2386 viewed online March 3, 2017 via the New Jersey Digital Highway; American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue, November, 1902, p. 61, viewed online, March 3, 2017, via the New Jersey Digital Highway.
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital, MPEG-4) (ca. 1 min.) : si., b&w.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (41 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (41 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 60 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 60 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 4704 (viewing print)
  • FRA 1721 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 0085G (paper pos)
  • Box 5116D (paper pos, copy 2)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2017604950

Access Advisory

  • Restricted: video files available on-site only. Access by appointment.

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Marvin, Arthur W., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Living Pictures. United States: Biograph Co., . United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co, 1903. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017604950/.

APA citation style:

Marvin, A. W., American Mutoscope And Biograph Company & Paper Print Collection. (1903) Living Pictures. United States: Biograph Co., . United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2017604950/.

MLA citation style:

Marvin, Arthur W., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Living Pictures. United States: Biograph Co., . United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co, 1903. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2017604950/>.