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Film, Video What demoralized the barber shop Variant title: What demoralized the barbershop

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About this Item

Title

  • What demoralized the barber shop

Other Title

  • Variant title: What demoralized the barbershop

Summary

  • Shows several men in a basement barbership who become excited by women walking past the window. The ankles and knees of the passersby are visible to the men below, causing pandemonium among the barbershop customers.

Names

  • Thomas A. Edison, Inc
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1901]

Headings

  • -  Barbershops--United States--Humor
  • -  Voyeurism--United States--Humor

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  H8587 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 11Sep1901; H8587.
  • -  Duration: 0:48 at 22 fps.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1932) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  LC also holds another film with the same title, copyrighted in 1898 by Thomas Edison. Both films are in the Paper Print Collection.
  • -  Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, 1985, p. 359.
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.

Medium

  • 1 film reel of 1 (36 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. Viewing print.
  • 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 90 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. Viewing print.
  • 1 film reel of 1 (36 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. Dupe neg pic.
  • 1 roll of 1 (ca. 90 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm. Paper pos.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 4946 (viewing print)
  • FLA 5964 (viewing print)
  • FRA 6409 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 0099H (paper pos)

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 00694330

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Thomas A. Edison, Inc, and Paper Print Collection. What Demoralized the Barber Shop. [United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1901] Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/00694330/.

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Thomas A. Edison, I. & Paper Print Collection. (1901) What Demoralized the Barber Shop. [United States: Edison Manufacturing Co] [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/00694330/.

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Thomas A. Edison, Inc, and Paper Print Collection. What Demoralized the Barber Shop. [United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1901] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/00694330/>.