File:Seminary girls Thomas A Edison Inc 1897.ogv

DescriptionSeminary girls Thomas A Edison Inc 1897.ogv	English: Seminary girls A number of young ladies, in their night robes, are having a frolic, and are interrupted by a teacher. One girl makes herself very conspicuous by crawling under a bed.
Date	21 April 1897
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Author	James Henry (production), William Heise (cameraman)
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Original description by the Library of Congress:

OTHER TITLES

Variant title in C. Musser: Scene in a seminary

CREATED/PUBLISHED

United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1897.

SUMMARY

From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: A most amusing and life-like scene, in which a number of young ladies clad in their night robes, are seen engaged in a midnight frolic.

From Edison films catalog: A number of young ladies, in their night robes, are having a frolic, and are interrupted by a teacher. One girl makes herself very conspicuous by crawling under a bed. 50 foot strip (the finish). $7.50.

NOTES

Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 21Apr1897; 24883.

Camera, William Heise.

Duration: 0:27 at 30 fps.

Filmed ca. mid-March to mid-April 1897, in Edison's Black Maria studio.

Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997, p. 289; Maguire & Baucus. Fall catalogue 1897, p. 10; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 69.

SUBJECTS

Girls--United States--Social life and customs--Drama.

Students--United States--Conduct of life--Drama.

Smoking--United States--Drama.

Drinking of alcoholic beverages--United States--Drama.

Amusements--United States--Drama.

School discipline--United States--Drama.

School principals--United States--Drama.

Cigarettes--United States.

Pillows--United States.

Nightgowns--United States.

Beds--United States.

Comedy

RELATED NAMES

White, James H. (James Henry), production.

Heise, William, camera.

Thomas A. Edison, Inc.

AFI/Holt (H.L.) Collection (Library of Congress)

MEDIUM

1 reel of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. ref print.

CALL NUMBER

FEA 8708 (ref print)

REPOSITORY

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID

edmp 4054 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/edmp.4054