Dickson Experimental Sound Film

SUMMARY
Experimental sound film made for Edison's kinetophone -- a combination of the kinetoscope and phonograph -- but apparently never distributed. The LC copy is silent. Features two men dancing to a violinist.

OTHER TITLES
Variant title: [Dickson violin]

CREATED/PUBLISHED
United States : [Edison Manufacturing Co., 1895].

NOTES
Copyright: no reg.

Performer: W.K.L. Dickson or Charles D'Almaine.

Camera, William Heise.

Filmed ca. September 1894 to April 2, 1895, in Edison's Black Maria studio.

SUBJECTS
Sound motion pictures--Experiments.
Kineto-phonograph.
Violin.
Violinists.
Dance.
Male dancers.
Music

RELATED NAMES
Dickson, W. K.-L. (William Kennedy-Laurie), 1860-1935, production, cast.
D'Almaine, Charles, 1871-1943, cast.
Heise, William, camera.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Dunston (Gatewood) Collection (Library of Congress)

DIGITAL ID
edmp.4034 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/edmp.4034

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Library
• congress
• edison
• silent
• paperprint
• short
• film
• Sound
• motion
• pictures
• Experiments
• Kineto-phonograph
• Violin
• Violinists
• Dance
• Music