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Film, Video Buster's joke on Papa Title from MAVIS: Busters joke on Papa, 1903 Oct 28 / Busters joke on Papa, 1903 Oct 28

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About this Item

Title

  • Buster's joke on Papa

Other Title

  • Title from MAVIS: Busters joke on Papa, 1903 Oct 28
  • Busters joke on Papa, 1903 Oct 28

Summary

  • A vendor comes into the kitchen and sells crabs to the cook.The next scene is in a bedroom where Papa can be seen sitting in a rocker, reading a newspaper. He leaves the room to prepare for bed and Buster is seen placing crabs in his bed. Papa returns, gets into bed and right out again, with some crabs attached to his anatomy. The last scene shows Buster being led to a chair by his mother. He is wearing a large, soft pillow tied to his posterior.

Names

  • Porter, Edwin S., production
  • Outcault, Richard Felton, 1863-1928
  • Thomas A. Edison, Inc
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1903.

Headings

  • -  Buster Brown (Advertising character)
  • -  Boys--United States--Discipline--Drama
  • -  Teasing.--Drama
  • -  Practical jokes--Drama
  • -  Fathers and sons--Drama

Genre

  • Fiction films
  • Silent films
  • Comedy films
  • Short films

Notes

  • -  H37396 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 28Oct1903; H37396.
  • -  Summary derived from entry in Early motion pictures catalog.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1514) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Based on the comic strip Buster Brown, by Richard F. Outcault.
  • -  LC holds another version of this film with a different ending, also in the Paper Print Collection.
  • -  Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Before the nickelodeon, 1991, p. 267-72; Niver, K.R. Early motion pictures, 1985.
  • -  35 mm dupe neg pic renumbered: FPE 5294 to FZA 3084.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital, MPEG-4) (ca. 2 min.) : si., b&w.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 2 min., ca. 57 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 2 min., ca. 165 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • viewing print (copy 2) 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 2 min., ca. 165 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 2 min., ca. 57 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 2 min., ca. 165 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 2 min., ca. 57 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll (ca. 160 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll (ca. 160 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 4528 (viewing print)
  • FEB 9677 (viewing print)
  • FEB 9678 (viewing print, copy 2)
  • FRA 0366 (dupe neg pic)
  • FZA 3084 (dupe neg pic)
  • FRB 1316 (master pos pic)
  • Box 0502A (paper pos)
  • Box 5061A (paper pos, copy 2)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2011600511

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Outcault, Richard Felton, Inc Thomas A. Edison, Paper Print Collection, and Niver. Buster's joke on Papa. produceds by Porter, Edwin S.Uction United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1903. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2011600511/.

APA citation style:

Outcault, R. F., Thomas A. Edison, I., Paper Print Collection & Niver. (1903) Buster's joke on Papa. Porter, E. S. U., prod United States: Edison Manufacturing Co. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2011600511/.

MLA citation style:

Outcault, Richard Felton, et al. Buster's joke on Papa. prod by Porter, Edwin S.Uction United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1903. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2011600511/>.