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Film, Video A frontier flirtation Title from Biograph bulletins, 1896-1908: Frontier flirtation, or, How the tenderfoot won out / How the tenderfoot won out

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Title

  • A frontier flirtation

Other Title

  • Title from Biograph bulletins, 1896-1908: Frontier flirtation, or, How the tenderfoot won out
  • How the tenderfoot won out

Summary

  • Opens on a stage with a painted backdrop of a forest or garden. On a park bench center stage sits a well-dressed woman with a dark veil obscuring her face, holding an open parasol overhead and a closed fan in her lap. A mustached cowboy enters, dressed in fringed chaps, boots, Western hat, neck kerchief, and pistol belt. When he spies the woman, he primps for a moment, arranging his mustache, and then approaches her. The cowboy takes off his hat and bows, then leans into the bench to talk with her. She rebuffs his numerous attempts to take her hand, but finally allows him to lift her veil. The cowboy reacts in horror as an animal face, perhaps a monkey's, is revealed, and then runs off the stage. A stylish gentleman in a suit with a straw boater and cane enters and sits familiarly beside the woman. He reaches over and removes what proves to be a mask as he and the now-beautiful woman have a good laugh. At one point, the gentleman gives her a kiss on the cheek.
  • "A Western cowboy attempts to flirt with a veiled young lady sitting on a bench in the garden. After considerable persuasion she is induced to raise her veil, but to the cowboy's amazement she reveals a hideous face. The cowboy leaves in disgust, but his place is quickly taken by a dapper Eastern youth who removes the mask from the girl's face, and the two enjoy a hearty laugh over the cowboy's discomfiture. 52 feet"--Biograph bulletins 1896-1908.

Names

  • Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944, camera
  • American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

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

Headings

  • -  Practical jokes--Humor
  • -  Flirting--Humor
  • -  Cowboys--Humor
  • -  Disguise--Humor

Genre

  • Comedy films
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Fiction films

Notes

  • -  H36403 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 1Oct1903; H36403.
  • -  Original main title lacking.
  • -  Duration: 0:48 at 16 fps.
  • -  Biograph production no. 2579.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 0526) 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. 113; AFI catalog: film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 386; Biograph bulletins 1896-1908, 1971, p. 126, 196; Biograph production logs, v. 2, p. 8-9.
  • -  Camera, G.W. "Billy" Bitzer.
  • -  Filmed September 24, 1903, in the Biograph studio, New York City.
  • -  paper pos Received: 1903-10-01; 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.
  • -  35 mm viewing print renumbered: FEC 2181 to FYA 3747.
  • -  Paper print roll lacking suffix.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (19 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (48 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (19 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (48 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 3540 (viewing print)
  • FYA 3747 (viewing print)
  • FRA 0816 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPE 7682 (dupe neg pic)
  • FRB 1902 (master pos pic)
  • Box 0570 (paper pos)
  • Box 5667D (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

  • 96521785

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Bitzer, G. W., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. A Frontier Flirtation. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/96521785/.

APA citation style:

Bitzer, G. W., American Mutoscope And Biograph Company & Paper Print Collection. (1903) A Frontier Flirtation. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/96521785/.

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Bitzer, G. W., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. A Frontier Flirtation. United States: American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/96521785/>.