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Film, Video The chimney sweep and the miller Title from Biograph production log: Good scrap the sweep & miller / Variant title from Biograph production log: Sweep & miller

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Title

  • The chimney sweep and the miller

Other Title

  • Title from Biograph production log: Good scrap the sweep & miller
  • Variant title from Biograph production log: Sweep & miller

Summary

  • Opens on a stage with a painted backdrop of a lake and forest. From opposite sides of the stage enter a chimney sweep, covered from head to toe with black soot and carrying a folding broom and black sack, and a miller, dressed completely in white and carrying a white sack. The two men bump into each other center stage, with some of the sweep's soot dirtying the miller's uniform. They exchange angry words, and then begin hitting each other with their sacks. As expected, black soot from the chimney sweep's bag spots the miller's whites, and white flour from the miller's sack lands on the sweep's dark clothing. The brawl culminates with a large cloud of black and white in which the men seem to disappear.
  • "A chimney sweep and a miller become involved in a street fight. The sweep has a bag of soot on his back, and the miller a bag of flour. The fight causes a lively mixup of black and white, with most amusing effects"--American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue.

Names

  • Marvin, Arthur W., 1861-1911, camera
  • American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1902.

Headings

  • -  Chimney sweeps--Humor
  • -  Millers--Humor
  • -  Quarreling--Humor
  • -  Affray--Humor

Genre

  • Slapstick comedy films
  • Filmed vaudeville acts
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  H16334 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 10Apr1902; H16334.
  • -  Original main title lacking.
  • -  Duration: 0:31 at 17 fps.
  • -  Biograph production no. 1422.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1226) 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. 55; AFI catalog: film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 181; Biograph bulletins 1896-1908, p. 61; American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue, Nov. 1902 [MI], p. 32.
  • -  Camera, Arthur Marvin.
  • -  Filmed April 24, 1900, on the roof of the Biograph studio, New York City.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (12 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (32 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (12 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (32 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 10 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 30 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 30 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 4240 (viewing print)
  • FEC 2265 (viewing print)
  • FRA 1397 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPD 3839 (dupe neg pic)
  • FRB 2020 (master pos pic)
  • Box 0026B (paper pos)
  • Box 5008A (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

  • 96521763

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Marvin, Arthur W., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, Paper Print Collection, and Niver. The Chimney Sweep and the Miller. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1902. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/96521763/.

APA citation style:

Marvin, A. W., American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, Paper Print Collection & Niver. (1902) The Chimney Sweep and the Miller. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/96521763/.

MLA citation style:

Marvin, Arthur W., Camera, et al. The Chimney Sweep and the Miller. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1902. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/96521763/>.