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Film, Video Turkish dance, Ella Lola

Digital viewing copy

About this Item

Title

  • Turkish dance, Ella Lola

Summary

  • A young, dark-haired woman performs a period "Oriental" dance (commonly known as a belly dance) with some Turkish styling. She performs distinctive dance movements that include shoulder shimmies with pelvic movements and several foot patterns, side traveling movements with pelvic circles, a slow pelvic circle and a front pelvic lock, and paddle turns with various arm gestures. Her dance costume consists of a two-layered skirt to the knee, a hip belt with fringe, a chemise-like shirt under a fitted vest, several layers of necklaces and front decoration, white stockings, white--perhaps ballet--shoes, and a glittering fitted cap.

Names

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

Created / Published

  • United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1898.

Headings

  • -  Belly dance
  • -  Dancers--United States

Genre

  • Filmed vaudeville acts
  • Silent films
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  59210 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 7Oct1898; 59210.
  • -  Original main title lacking.
  • -  Duration: 0:29 at 26 fps.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1347) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Summary description provided by dance ethnologist Michelle Forner, 5/22/1996.
  • -  Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 339; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 470.
  • -  Dancer: Ella Lola.
  • -  Filmed in September, 1898 in Edison's "Black Maria" studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
  • -  35 mm viewing print renumbered: FEC 2235 to FYA 1243.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (25 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (47 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (25 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (47 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 4361 (viewing print)
  • FYA 1243 (viewing print)
  • FRA 1500 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPE 7907 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 0001B (paper pos)
  • Box 5266F (paper pos, copy 2)

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 96509503

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Thomas A. Edison, Inc, and Paper Print Collection. Turkish dance, Ella Lola. performeds by Lola, Ella United States: Thomas A. Edison, Inc, 1898. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/96509503/.

APA citation style:

Thomas A. Edison, I. & Paper Print Collection. (1898) Turkish dance, Ella Lola. Lola, E., performer United States: Thomas A. Edison, Inc. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/96509503/.

MLA citation style:

Thomas A. Edison, Inc, and Paper Print Collection. Turkish dance, Ella Lola. performer by Lola, Ella United States: Thomas A. Edison, Inc, 1898. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/96509503/>.