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Film, Video Duel scene, "By right of sword" By right of sword / Title in Biograph bulletins 1896-1908: Duel scene from "By right of sword"

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Title

  • Duel scene, "By right of sword"

Other Title

  • By right of sword
  • Title in Biograph bulletins 1896-1908: Duel scene from "By right of sword"

Summary

  • Opens on a stage with a painted backdrop of a lake surrounded by forest. A bearded man wrapped in a dark cloak and wearing a dark fur shako--Major Devinsky--stands stage left. Behind him, a group of three soldiers move about impatiently, watching for someone offstage. From stage right enters the story's main character, Hamylton Tregethner, masquerading as infantryman Alexis Petrovitch. The duelers remove their cloaks and jackets, roll up their shirtsleeves, and accept their swords from the soldier acting as "second." In pantomimed discussion, Tregethner tries to persuade Devinsky to abandon the duel, then the two opponents face each other and begin. At one point, Tregethner is brought to his knees, but he prevails, and ends the duel by cutting Devinsky on the arm. As the loser storms off the stage, one of the soldiers salutes the victor.
  • "An exciting duel with the rapiers showing Mr. Ralph Stuart in the leading part. 114 ft."--Biograph bulletins 1896-1908.

Names

  • Weed, A. E., camera
  • Stuart, Ralph, 1862-1915, cast
  • Marchmont, Arthur W., 1852-1923
  • American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1904.

Headings

  • -  Dueling
  • -  Soldiers
  • -  Swordplay

Genre

  • Filmed performances
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  H40943 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 16Jan1904; H40943.
  • -  From the stage play, "By right of sword" by E.M. Doremus, Leonidas Westervelt, and Arthur W. Marchmont, starring Ralph Stuart; adapted from Marchmont's 1897 novel "By right of sword."
  • -  Original main title lacking.
  • -  Duration: 1:43 at 16 fps.
  • -  Biograph production no. 2772.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1576) 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, 1985; AFI catalog: film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 291; Biograph bulletins 1896-1908, 1971, p. 113; Biograph Co. prod. records [MI]; Biograph photo catalog, v. 6 [MI]; NYPL catalog of theatre and drama collections, c1976, v. 4; Everybody's Magazine, Volume 13 (1905), p. 390, viewed online July 15, 2019 via Google Books; Los Angeles Herald, March 23, 1903, p. 7 viewed July 15, 2019 via the California Digital Newspaper Collection; "Ralph Stuart in his great success By right of sword" lithographs, viewed online July 15, 2019 via the Library of Congress WWW site.
  • -  Camera, A.E. Weed.
  • -  Ralph Stuart (Hamylton Tregethner/Alexis Petrovitch).
  • -  Filmed January 7, 1904, in the Biograph New York City studio.
  • -  paper pos (copy 2) Received: 1904-01-16; 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 (40 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 100 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (40 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 100 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 40 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 100 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 100 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 4590 (viewing print)
  • FEC 2149 (viewing print)
  • FRA 1623 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPE 7592 (dupe neg pic)
  • FRB 2347 (master pos pic)
  • Box 0852D (paper pos)
  • Box 5540 (paper pos, copy 2)

Source Collection

  • Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress)

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 96521564

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Weed, A. E., Camera, Ralph Stuart, Arthur W Marchmont, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Duel scene, "By right of sword". United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1904. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/96521564/.

APA citation style:

Weed, A. E., Stuart, R., Marchmont, A. W., American Mutoscope And Biograph Company & Paper Print Collection. (1904) Duel scene, "By right of sword". United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/96521564/.

MLA citation style:

Weed, A. E., Camera, et al. Duel scene, "By right of sword". United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1904. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/96521564/>.