1890-1929PRIMITIVES
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AMBROSE'S LITTLE HATCHET, KEYSTONE (1915)
THIS LIVELY FILM REVOLVES AROUND A YOUNG WOMAN WHO WANTS SOME NEW CLOTHES, HER RELUCTANT HUSBAND, HER MALE DRESSMAKER, AND ONE OR TWO OTHER PRINCIPALS WHO MANAGE TO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE CONFUSION INVOLVING A HATCHET AND THE CURIOUS NEIGHBORS. NEIGHBORS SEE IN SILHOUETTE WHAT THEY BELIEVE IS THE YOUNG WIFE BEING CHOPPED TO PIECES. SILHOUETTE COULD READ AS PROSTITUTE WITH MALE CLIENT. PROSTITUTION. HOOKER. A CHASE RESULTS. THE PICTURE ENDS HAPPILY FOR ALL CONCERNED. |
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DANCING BOXING MATCH, MONTGOMERY & STONE
WINTHROP MOVING PICTURE CO. (1907) PART OF A VAUDEVILLE TURN OF THE FAMOUS TEAM OF MONTGOMERY & STONE. THE SHORT LENGTH OF THE FILM DOES NOT PERMIT MUCH DESCRIPTION OF THE PERFORMANCE. |
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A GLIMPSE OF THE SAN DIEGO EXPOSITION, KEYSTONE (1915)
THE FILM BEGINS FROM A SINGLE-CAMERA POSITION HIGH ABOVE THE EXPOSITION GROUNDS. THE CAMERA BEGINS TO PAN FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, FOLLOWING THE HORIZON. THE PICTURE INCLUDES ALL OF THE SPIRES AND BUILDINGS OF THE FAIR. THEN THE CAMERA IS MOVED TO THE EXPOSITION MIDWAY AND FOOTAGE IS TAKEN OF THE CALIFORNIA EXHIBIT, THE PANAMANIAN EXHIBIT, AND MANY OTHERS. THE EMPHASIS IS ON THE PERMANENT EXHIBITS WHICH, AT THE TIME OF THIS WRITING, STILL EXIST. WORLD'S FAIR. |
| 00:24:03 1398 |
ADMIRAL DEWEY AT STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, EDISON (1899)
THE CAMERAMAN WHO PHOTOGRAPHED THIS SPECIAL EVENT WAS CONSTANTLY THWARTED BY PEOPLE STANDING BETWEEN HIM AND THE CELEBRITY, ADMIRAL DEWEY. HOWEVER, THERE ARE ABOUT FIFTEEN FEET OF GOOD FILM AS THE ADMIRAL AND HIS PARTY WALK TOWARD THE CAMERA. |
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ADMIRAL DEWEY LANDING AT GIBRALTAR, EDISON (1899)
[SPANISH AMERICAN WAR] A CAMERA LOCATED ON SHORE PHOTOGRAPHED ADMIRAL DEWEY'S FLAGSHIP AT ANCHOR IN THE BAY. A MOTOR WHALEBOAT APPROACHES IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA POSITION. THE MOTOR WHALEBOAT DOCKS, AND ADMIRAL DEWEY GOES ASHORE. |
| 00:30:03 1758 |
ADMIRAL DEWEY LEADING LAND PARADE, EDISON (1899)
[SPANISH AMERICAN WAR; DEWEY HOMECOMING, NYC] THE SINGLE CAMERA POSTION SHOWS SEVERAL COMPANIES OF MILITARY TROOPS, MARINES, SOLDIERS, AND CADETS WALKING IN A PARADE IN WHICH ADMIRAL DEWEY TAKES PART. HE IS SEEN AS HE RIDES BY IN AN OPEN CARRIAGE. |
| 00:33:38 1973 |
ADMIRAL DEWEY LEADING LAND PARADE NO. 2, EDISON (1899)
[SPANISH AMERICAN WAR; DEWEY HOMECOMING, NYC] A LAND PARADE MADE UP OF AMERICAN SAILORS AND MARINES IS LED BY ADMIRAL DEWEY. THE ADMIRAL IS SEEN ONLY ONCE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PICTURE. |
| 00:38:20 2255 |
ADMIRAL DEWEY PASSING CATHOLIC CLUB STAND, EDISON (1899)
THE SINGLE CAMERA POSITION WAS IN FRONT OF THE CATHOLIC VIEWING STAND AND SHOWS SPECTATORS WATCHING ADMIRAL DEWEY. LITTLE MORE THAN HORSES' LEGS AND CARRIAGE WHEELS CAN BE SEEN. |
| 00:39:37 2332 |
ADMIRAL DEWEY RECEIVING WASHINGTON & NEW YORK COMMITTEES, EDISON (1899)
[SPANISH AMERICAN WAR; DEWEY HOMECOMING, NYC] THE SINGLE CAMERA POSITION IS THE DECK OF ADMIRAL DEWEY'S FLAGSHIP WHILE AT ANCHOR. ADMIRAL DEWEY AND AN AIDE ARE AWAITING THE ARRIVAL OF DIGNITARIES FROM SHORE |
| 00:41:33 2448 |
ADMIRAL SAMPSON ON BOARD THE FLAGSHIP, EDISON (1898)
[SPANISH AMERICAN WAR; NYC WELCOME TO ADMIRAL SAMPSON'S FLEET AFTER BATTLE OF SANTIAGO BAY] THE FIRST SCENES WERE PHOTOGRAPHED ON BOARD A VESSEL THAT WAS AT A SUFFICIENT DISTANCE TO CAUSE INCLUSION OF THE HULL OF A HARBOR TUG THAT OBSCURED A CONSIDERABLE PORTION OF ADMIRAL SAMPSON'S FLAGSHIP. A LARGE PART OF THE FILM SHOWS THE AFTER PORTION OF THE FLAGSHIP AT ANCHOR. THE CAMERA INCLUDES THE HULL FROM THE WATER LINE TO JUST ABOVE THE AWNINGED QUARTER DECK. THERE IS GOOD DETAIL OF THE AFTER PORTION OF THE SHIP. FOLLOWING THE TITLE, THERE IS AN AMERICAN MUTOSCOPE & BIOGRAPH TITLE FRAME, WITH NO TITLE SHOWN IN THE SPACE ORDINARILY USED FOR IT. |
| 00:42:56 2531 |
ADVANCE GUARD, RETURN OF N.J. TROOPS, EDISON (1898)
[SPANISH AMERICAN WAR] THE FILM WAS PHOTOGRAPHED FROM A CAMERA POSITIONED HIGH ABOVE AN INTERSECTION LINED WITH PEOPLE WHO APPARENTLY WERE SPECTATORS AT A PARADE OF MOUNTED INDIVIDUALS. MOST OF THE RIDERS SHOWN ARE ON EXCELLENT HORSES WITH NONMILITARY TACK. HOWEVER, ALL THE RIDERS VISIBLE CARRY A BLANKET ROLL OVER THEIR SHOULDERS. ABOUT A HUNDRED HORSES CAN BE SEEN, AND THERE ARE SOME TWO AND THREE STORY BUILDINGS IN THE BACKGROUND. |
| 00:44:36 2631 |
AMBROSE'S FURY, KEYSTONE (1915)
A SITUATION COMEDY, TYPICAL OF THE MISTAKEN IDENTITY CONCEPT, TOGETHER WITH HUSBANDS INTERESTED IN CHEATING ON THEIR WIVES. BUT THEY GET CAUGHT. THERE ARE SCENES INVOLVING A ROLLER COASTER IN VENICE, AS WELL AS BEACH SCENES IN SANTA MONICA, AND SOME TAKEN IN AND AROUND THE KEYSTONE STUDIO. |
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AMBROSE'S LOFTY PERCH PART I, KEYSTONE (1915)
A KING, PLAYED BY MACK SWAIN, SEEKS A QUEEN TO HELP HIM RULE HIS KINGDOM. FINALLY HE SELECTS LOUISE FAZENDA, ONE OF THE MAIDENS IN HIS KINGDOM. AFTER THEY ARE MARRIED, ROBIN, A YOUNG MAN THE QUEEN HAD KNOWN EARLIER, ATTEMPTS TO STEAL HER FROM HER ROYAL HUSBAND. IN THE FOLLOWING SCENES ARROWS WITH NOTES ATTACHED AND A BOMB PLAY IMPORTANT PARTS IN THE ATTEMPT TO SEPARATE THE QUEEN FROM HER KING. |
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