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An early Edison film depicting a ragtime cabaret in New York's Tenderloin district. !express# !metadata#!version#v1.0.r291!/­version#!format#1.001...

An early Edison film using camera trickery to duplicate a signature routine of turn of the century Vaudville magician Ching Ling Foo.

An early Edison film that uses a bit of camera trickery to duplicate (and out do)the stage magic of the era.

An Edison film from 1900. Amazing trick thanks to a bit of stop action hocus pocus.

1902 Edison movie of two Bowery dancers, Kid Foley and Sailor Lil doing a violent dance. An example of what you might have seen in the dance halls...

A short Edison film of the cakewalk

The scandalous movie from 1896!

A 1907 Edison film featuring two Scots sword fighting and a ragtime cabaret scene that includes dancing and a razor fight.