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Film, Video Charity ball

Digital viewing copy

About this Item

Title

  • Charity ball

Summary

  • A man in formal dinner clothes and a woman in a white ruffled dress with a flower corsage and white shoes execute various dance steps designed as exhibition dancing. The set is bare, without backdrops or props. The couple's feet are not evident at times in the frame, and the dance appears to have been shot in relatively slow motion.

Names

  • Heise, William, camera
  • Kelley, James T., 1854-1933, performer
  • Kent, Dorothy, performer
  • Thomas A. Edison, Inc
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1897.

Headings

  • -  Dancers--United States

Genre

  • Filmed dance
  • Peep shows (Motion pictures)
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  53737 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 24Sept1897; 53737.
  • -  Original main title lacking.
  • -  Duration: 0:34 at 22 fps.
  • -  Summary adapted from Early motion pictures.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1356) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 52; AFI cat.: film beginnings, 1893-1910, 1995; Musser, C. The emergence of cinema, p. 234; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 330.
  • -  Camera, William Heise.
  • -  Performers: James T. Kelly, Dorothy Kent.
  • -  Filmed September, 1897 in Edison's "Black Maria" studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
  • -  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 (24 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (46 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (24 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (24 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (46 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 25 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 4370 (viewing print)
  • FEC 2183 (viewing print)
  • FRA 1508 (dupe neg pic)
  • FRA 1509 (dupe neg pic, copy 2)
  • FPE 7689 (dupe neg pic)
  • FRB 1355 (master pos pic)
  • Box 0163C (paper pos)
  • Box 5002C (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

  • 96519340

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Heise, William, Camera, Inc Thomas A. Edison, Paper Print Collection, and Niver. Charity Ball. performeds by Kelley, James T, and Kent, Dorothy United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1897. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/96519340/.

APA citation style:

Heise, W., Thomas A. Edison, I., Paper Print Collection & Niver. (1897) Charity Ball. Kelley, J. T. & Kent, D., performers United States: Edison Manufacturing Co. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/96519340/.

MLA citation style:

Heise, William, Camera, et al. Charity Ball. performer by Kelley, James T, and Kent, Dorothy United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1897. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/96519340/>.