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Film, Video Casey at the bat Title from New York clipper, April 29, 1899: Casey at the bat, the fate of a "rotten" umpire

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About this Item

Title

  • Casey at the bat

Other Title

  • Title from New York clipper, April 29, 1899: Casey at the bat, the fate of a "rotten" umpire

Summary

  • "The umpire makes a decision that Casey doesn't like, and an argument follows during which Casey deftly tips him up and continues the argument on the ground. The other players run from the bench and join the rumpus. The fielders come running in and the pile on the home plate looks like a football scrimmage. A warning to all unfair umpires. 45 ft."--Edison films catalog, no. 135.

Names

  • White, James H. (James Henry), production
  • Thayer, Ernest Lawrence, 1863-1940
  • Thomas A. Edison, Inc
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1899.

Headings

  • -  Baseball umpires--Humor
  • -  Baseball players--Humor
  • -  Batting (Baseball)--Humor
  • -  Quarreling--Humor

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  27968 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Loosely based on the poem, Casey at the bat, by Ernest Lawrence Thayer.
  • -  Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 22Apr1899; 27968.
  • -  Duration: approximately 38 seconds.
  • -  Photographed April, 1899, at the Thomas Edison estate in West, Orange, New Jersey.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1269) 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. 49; AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 158; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 496; Edison films catalog, no. 135, September, 1902, p. 79; New York clipper, April 29, 1899, p. 178 viewed May 11, 2020 via the Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections.
  • -  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) (38 sec.) si., b&w.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (22 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (22 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 45 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 45 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 4283 (viewing print)
  • FRA 1436 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 0039A (paper pos)
  • Box 5051D (paper pos, copy 2)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020600004

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Thayer, Ernest Lawrence, Inc Thomas A. Edison, and Paper Print Collection. Casey at the Bat. produceds by White, James H. Uction United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1899. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2020600004/.

APA citation style:

Thayer, E. L., Thomas A. Edison, I. & Paper Print Collection. (1899) Casey at the Bat. White, J. H. U., prod United States: Edison Manufacturing Co. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2020600004/.

MLA citation style:

Thayer, Ernest Lawrence, Inc Thomas A. Edison, and Paper Print Collection. Casey at the Bat. prod by White, James H. Uction United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1899. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2020600004/>.