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Film, Video A gesture fight in Hester Street Title fom Biograph production log: Gesture fight

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Title

  • A gesture fight in Hester Street

Other Title

  • Title fom Biograph production log: Gesture fight

Summary

  • Opens on a street scene with a sidewalk and backdrop of storefronts. A bearded, dark-haired street peddler in a long dark coat and hat hawks his goods. A young woman in a long skirt walks past, and the peddler turns to gesture angrily after her. Behind him enters another bearded peddler. His cart bumps the first peddler, who turns and argues with the interloper. The argument escalates into a pushing match and then a brawl, with the men's hats knocked off and a pushcart turned over. A policemen enters and tries to break up the fight with his nightstick.
  • "A comical fight between two Hebrews: one a pushcart man, and the other a suspender peddler"--American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue.

Names

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

Created / Published

  • United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1900.

Headings

  • -  Jewish peddlers--New York (State)--New York--Humor
  • -  Affray--New York (State)--New York--Humor
  • -  Hester Street (New York, N.Y.)

Genre

  • Filmed vaudeville acts
  • Comedy films
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  H34815 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 19Aug1903; H34815.
  • -  Original main title lacking.
  • -  Duration: 0:24 at 16 fps.
  • -  Biograph production no. 1502.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1120) 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. 118; AFI catalog: film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 405; American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue, November, 1902 [MI], p. 36; Biograph production logs, p. 58-59.
  • -  Camera, Arthur Marvin.
  • -  Filmed June 8, 1900, in the Biograph New York City studio.
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (18 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (24 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (18 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (24 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 20 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 25 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 25 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 4134 (viewing print)
  • FEC 2206 (viewing print)
  • FRA 2843 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPE 7743 (dupe neg pic)
  • FRB 1429 (master pos pic)
  • Box 0340F (paper pos)
  • Box 5207D (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

  • 96521794

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Marvin, Arthur W., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. A gesture fight in Hester Street. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1900. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/96521794/.

APA citation style:

Marvin, A. W., American Mutoscope And Biograph Company & Paper Print Collection. (1900) A gesture fight in Hester Street. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/96521794/.

MLA citation style:

Marvin, Arthur W., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. A gesture fight in Hester Street. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1900. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/96521794/>.