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Film, Video Dance, Franchonetti Sisters Variant title from American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue: Dance, Franchenette Sisters

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Title

  • Dance, Franchonetti Sisters

Other Title

  • Variant title from American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue: Dance, Franchenette Sisters

Summary

  • Three young women with dark, curly hair stand on a stage with a black background and patterned carpet or tile underfoot. They wear tights, ballet shoes, and frilly dresses to the knee with multiple petticoats and ruffled drawers. They begin by raising their right legs up by their heads, and then perform a dance with a variety of kicks and leg movements, their hands either in the air or pulling up their skirts. The sisters also grab their right legs again and hop in a circle, then do cartwheels and land on the floor in the splits. Jumping back to their feet, the women twirl in circles and around each other in circles in what appears to be a type of pirouette, while holding up their skirts and showing their bloomers in a manner similar to the cancan.
  • "The French quadrille dance by a popular team of vaudeville artists"--American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue.

Names

  • American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903.

Headings

  • -  Franchonetti Sisters
  • -  Quadrille (Dance)--United States
  • -  Dancing--United States

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  H30723 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 24Apr1903; H30723.
  • -  Original main title lacking.
  • -  Duration: 0:23 at 16 fps.
  • -  Biograph production no. 217.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 0362) 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. 72-73; AFI cat.: film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 244; American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue, Nov. 1902 [MI], p. 56; Biograph production logs.
  • -  Performers: Franchonetti Sisters.
  • -  Filmed in the Biograph New York City studio, probably in April,1897.
  • -  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 (8 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (23 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (8 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (23 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 25 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 25 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 3376 (viewing print)
  • FEC 2267 (viewing print)
  • FRA 0678 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPD 3847 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 0177D (paper pos)
  • Box 5548E (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

  • 96520384

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Dance, Franchonetti Sisters. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/96520384/.

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American Mutoscope And Biograph Company & Paper Print Collection. (1903) Dance, Franchonetti Sisters. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/96520384/.

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American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Dance, Franchonetti Sisters. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/96520384/>.