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Film, Video Robetta and Doretto, [no. 2] Title in Maguire & Baucus catalogue: Chinese laundry

Digital viewing copy

About this Item

Title

  • Robetta and Doretto, [no. 2]

Other Title

  • Title in Maguire & Baucus catalogue: Chinese laundry

Summary

  • "The pursuit of Hop Lee by an irate policeman"--Maguire & Baucus catalogue.

Names

  • Dickson, W. K.-L. (William Kennedy-Laurie), 1860-1935, production
  • Doretto, Phil, performer
  • Robetta, performer
  • Heise, William, camera
  • Thomas A. Edison, Inc
  • Hendricks (Gordon) Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., [1894].

Headings

  • -  Chinese--United States--Humor
  • -  Police--United States--Humor
  • -  Laundry workers--United States--Humor

Genre

  • Filmed vaudeville acts
  • Peep shows (Motion pictures)
  • Comedy films
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Fiction films

Notes

  • -  Copyright: no reg.
  • -  Duration: 0:21 at 30 fps.
  • -  Sources used: Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 156-157; Raff & Gammon. Price list of films, ca. June 1895, p. 2 [MI]; Maguire & Baucus. Edison and international photographic films catalogue, April 1897, p. 6 [MI].
  • -  Camera, William Heise.
  • -  Performers: Phil Doretto, Robetta.
  • -  Filmed around November 26, 1894, in Edison's Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
  • -  35 mm viewing print renumbered: FEC 8096 to FYA 1425.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 40 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FYA 1425 (viewing print)

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 00694137

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Heise, William, Camera, Inc Thomas A. Edison, and Hendricks. Robetta and Doretto, no. 2. performeds by Doretto, Phil, and Robetta, produceds by Dickson, W. K.-L. , Uction [United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1894] Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/00694137/.

APA citation style:

Heise, W., Thomas A. Edison, I. & Hendricks. (1894) Robetta and Doretto, no. 2. Doretto, P. & Robetta, performers, Dickson, W. K. -., prod [United States: Edison Manufacturing Co] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/00694137/.

MLA citation style:

Heise, William, Camera, Inc Thomas A. Edison, and Hendricks. Robetta and Doretto, no. 2. performer by Doretto, Phil, and Robetta, prod by Dickson, W. K.-L. , Uction [United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1894] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/00694137/>.