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Film, Video How Tommy got a pull on his Grandpa Copyrighted as: As in a looking glass

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About this Item

Title

  • How Tommy got a pull on his Grandpa

Other Title

  • Copyrighted as: As in a looking glass

Summary

  • "This is a companion picture to "Tommy's Ringing Good Joke." Tommy ties a cord to his Grandfather's chair and fastens it to a bureau in the next room. The maid attempts to open the drawer and upsets the old gentleman, with disastrous results"--Biograph bulletins, 1896-1908, p. 86.

Names

  • Rexine, Elizabeth, composer
  • Simpson, Andrew, 1967- conductor
  • Armitage, F. S., cameraman
  • Balance Campaign (Musical group), musician
  • American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, production company
  • Library of Congress. National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, contributor
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [2023]

Headings

  • -  Practical jokes--Humor
  • -  Grandfathers--Humor
  • -  Grandsons--Humor

Genre

  • Comedy films
  • Short films
  • Fiction films

Notes

  • -  Biograph production no. 2369.
  • -  Biograph production number taken from Biograph production logs and Biograph bulletins, 1896-1908. In the Biograph photo catalog, v. 5, Biograph production number 2367 is erroneously associated with this film.
  • -  Early motion pictures, p. 14 associates the production information for "How Tommy got a pull on his Grandpa" with the title, "As in a looking glass".
  • -  Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 14 (As in a looking glass); AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 45 (As in a looking glass), p. 496 (How Tommy got a pull on his Grandpa); Biograph production logs; Biograph bulletins, 1896-1908, p. 84, 86, 191, 436; Biograph photo catalog, v. 5. (no. 2367); program notes for The Magical Camera: Early Silent Films from the Library of Congress With New Music by Catholic University Composers in NAVCC acquisition file, Paper Print Collection (films with added soundtracks).
  • -  Camera, F.S. Armitage.
  • -  Music performed by Balance Campaign: Amirhossein Norouznasseri (violin), Emory Hensley (percussion), Elizabeth G. Hill (piano), Janice Murphy (clarinets), Meghan Shanley Alger (flutes), Erin Snedecor (cello).
  • -  Guest conductor, Andrew Earle Simpson.
  • -  Photographed in May, 1903 in the Biograph studio in New York City.
  • -  This film was deposited for copyright under the title, "As in a looking glass", however, the frames pictured in Biograph photo catalog v. 5 from "How Tommy got a pull on his Grandpa" are identical to frames in this film, and the Biograph summary for "How Tommy got a pull on his Grandpa" describes this film. "As in a looking glass" is listed in the Biograph production logs as Biograph production no. 907, filmed in 1899. There is no summary or other production information for the film, and Biograph production no. 907 has been omitted from the Biograph photo catalog. There is no way to compare the two films, but it appears that the film deposited for copyright as "As in a looking glass" is actually "How Tommy got a pull on his Grandpa".
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (approximately 1 min.) : sd., b&w.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024600555

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Simpson, Andrew, Conductor, F. S Armitage, Musician Balance Campaign, Contributor Library Of Congress. National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, and Paper Print Collection. How Tommy got a pull on his Grandpa. composeds by Rexine, Elizabeth, , produceds by American Mutoscope And Biograph Companyuction Company [2023] Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024600555/.

APA citation style:

Simpson, A., Armitage, F. S., Balance Campaign, M., Library Of Congress. National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, C. & Paper Print Collection. (2023) How Tommy got a pull on his Grandpa. Rexine, E., comp, , American Mutoscope And Biograph Companyuction Company, prod [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024600555/.

MLA citation style:

Simpson, Andrew, Conductor, et al. How Tommy got a pull on his Grandpa. comp by Rexine, Elizabeth, , prod by American Mutoscope And Biograph Companyuction Company [2023] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024600555/>.