The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

SUMMARY
From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: Representing the beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots. A realistic reproduction of an historic scene.

OTHER TITLES
Title in Maguire & Baucus catalogue: Execution

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

NOTES
Copyright: no reg.

Robert Thomae (Mary).

Camera, William Heise.

Filmed August 28, 1895, at the Edison Laboratory in West Orange, N.J.

Received: 5-13-1994; viewing print; preservation; AFI/Hendricks (Gordon) Collection.

SUBJECTS
Mary,--Queen of Scots,--1542-1587--Death and burial--Drama.
Executions and executioners--Drama.
Beheading--Drama.
Historical reenactments.
Trick.

RELATED NAMES
Clark, Alfred, d. 1950, production.
Thomae, Robert, cast.
Heise, William, camera.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Hendricks (Gordon) Collection (Library of Congress)

DIGITAL ID
edmp.4036 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/edmp.4036

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Library
• congress
• edison
• silent
• paperprint
• short
• film