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Film, Video Tom Tinker's pony patter Spanuth's vodvil - Zouary no. 149 / Zouary can no 149

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Title

  • Tom Tinker's pony patter

Other Title

  • Spanuth's vodvil - Zouary no. 149
  • Zouary can no 149

Summary

  • Camera iris opens to six ponies with decorated harnesses and plumed halters, standing in the center of a stage with a painted backdrop of mountains. Cuts to two ponies on a seesaw, with a moustached man in a white uniform with dark piping and a white cap holding their leads. A second trainer in a dark suit can also be seen occasionally with the ponies. Individual ponies perform a variety of tricks, including rolling a slatted barrel across the stage with front legs and then with a nose, knocking over the barrel, "limping" across the stage with one front leg held off the ground, and pushing the trainer over with a nose-butt. Cuts to the six ponies lined up at the back of the stage, with each pony's head lying over the neck of the pony in front of him. Cuts to the ponies circling the trainer in a straight radial line and then in various combinations, including three by three, pairs, and singly. The ponies finish their circling by walking in a straight line to the front of the stage and then bowing on their knees. Cuts to a closeup of the six ponies in a line, facing the camera, which closes in an iris effect to black.

Names

  • Spanuth, Hans A., production.
  • Commonwealth Pictures Corporation.
  • AFI/Zouary (Maurice) Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : [Commonwealth Pictures Corp., 1919 or 1920?].

Headings

  • -  Ponies--United States
  • -  Circus animals--United States
  • -  Silent films

Genre

  • Vaudeville
  • Animal films and programs
  • Shorts

Notes

  • -  Copyright: reg. unknown.
  • -  No copyright registration or production and distribution information could be found for an act under this name, but the film appears to be an uncopyrighted Spanuth's original vod-a-vil movie given the similarities in title graphics and camera technique to identified Spanuths.
  • -  Duration: 2:01 at 16 fps.
  • -  NCN015170; Zouary can no 149.
  • -  Last film on reel with: The flying De Armands, Spanish Goldinies [Spanuth's original vod-a-vil movies, no. 5], and [Animal act with baboon, dog and donkey].
  • -  Probably filmed ca. 1918-19 in Chicago.
  • -  Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1912-1939; M/B/RS copyright descriptions; M/B/RS Acquisition files (AFI/Zouary file); Motion picture news, v. 21, p. 2598.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
  • -  Received: 4/1/80 from LC film lab; ref print; preservation AFI/Zouary (Maurice) Collection.
  • -  Received: 1/14/77 from LC film lab; dupe neg; preservation AFI/Zouary (Maurice) Collection.

Medium

  • 1 reel of 1 (122 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. ref print.
  • 1 reel of 1 (122 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. dupe neg.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FEB 3202 (ref print)
  • FPD 1669 (dupe neg)

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 96521544

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Commonwealth Pictures Corporation, and Afi/Zouary. Tom Tinker's pony patter. produceds by Spanuth, Hans A.Uction [United States: Commonwealth Pictures Corp., or 1920?, 1919] Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/96521544/.

APA citation style:

Commonwealth Pictures Corporation & Afi/Zouary. (1919) Tom Tinker's pony patter. Spanuth, H. A. U., prod [United States: Commonwealth Pictures Corp., or 1920?] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/96521544/.

MLA citation style:

Commonwealth Pictures Corporation, and Afi/Zouary. Tom Tinker's pony patter. prod by Spanuth, Hans A.Uction [United States: Commonwealth Pictures Corp., or 1920?, 1919] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/96521544/>.