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Dickson violin / directed by William Heise and William K. L. Dickson ; produced by Edison Studios.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Dickson, W. K.-L. (William Kennedy-Laurie), 1860-1935, director.
Heise, William, director.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc., producer.
Series:
Silent film online.
Silent film online
Language:
No linguistic content
Subjects (All):
Dance.
Kinetophone.
Male dancers.
Sound motion pictures--Experiments.
Sound motion pictures.
Violinists.
Genre:
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 streaming video file (1 min.) : sound, black and white.
monochrome
Other Title:
Dickson experimental sound film
Place of Publication:
New York : Kino Lorber, Inc., 1894.
Language Note:
This edition silent with musical background.
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
video file
Summary:
Experimental sound film made for Edison's kinetophone -- a combination of the kinetoscope and phonograph -- but apparently never distributed. Features two men dancing to a violinist. Shows W. K. L. Dickson playing the violin before a large phonograph horn connected with an off-screen reader while two men dance together. Part of Dickson's sound-synchronization experiments.
Notes:
Title from title frames (Silent Film Online, viewed Apr. 4, 2014).
Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (Silent film online). Available via World Wide Web.
Won 2003 National Film Preservation Board National Film Registry Award
Other Format:
K383
OCLC:
881550514
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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