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Film, Video Fougère

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Title

  • Fougère

Summary

  • Opens on a stage with a painted backdrop of what appears to be clouds or rolling waves. From the left of the frame enters Eugenie Fougère, shot in profile but with her face turned toward the camera. She wears a dress with a dark, lace-patterned, low-cut bodice, striped sleeves, a frilly white skirt to the knees, and a tri-corner hat with a feather. For most of the dance she lifts her skirt high in a manner similar to a cancan. She closes by kneeling in a brief curtsy with her hand tucked at her chin.
  • "The famous Parisian chantuese in the rag-time cake-walk "Hello, Ma Baby," with which she made such a sensation at the New York Theatre"--American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue.

Names

  • Fougère, Eugenie, performer.
  • Armitage, F. S., camera.
  • American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, [1899?]

Headings

  • -  Cancan (Dance)

Genre

  • Filmed dance
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  H18745 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 7June1902; H18745.
  • -  Original main title lacking.
  • -  Performer: Eugenie Fougère.
  • -  Camera, F.S. Armitage.
  • -  Approximate release date of November 1899 from AFI catalog: film beginnings, 1893-1910.
  • -  Duration: 0:37 at 18 fps.
  • -  Filmed November 25, 1899, in the Biograph New York City studio.
  • -  Biograph production no. 1328.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1094) 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; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 110; Biograph production logs; American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue, Nov. 1902 [MI], p. 60; AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 375.
  • -  paper pos (copy 2) Received: 1902-06-07; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
  • -  Paper print roll lacking suffix.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (16 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (42 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (16 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (42 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 40 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 40 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 4108 (viewing print)
  • FEC 2202 (viewing print)
  • FRA 1283 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPE 7727 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 0047C (paper pos)
  • Box 5207 (paper pos)

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 96520410

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Rights & Access

The Library of Congress American Variety Stage collection is in the public domain and is free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division

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Chicago citation style:

Armitage, F. S., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Fougère. performeds by Fougère, Eugenie [United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, ?, 1899] Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/96520410/.

APA citation style:

Armitage, F. S., American Mutoscope And Biograph Company & Paper Print Collection. (1899) Fougère. Fougère, E., performer [United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, ?] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/96520410/.

MLA citation style:

Armitage, F. S., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Fougère. performer by Fougère, Eugenie [United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, ?, 1899] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/96520410/>.