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Film, Video The extra turn

Digital viewing copy

About this Item

Title

  • The extra turn

Summary

  • Camera is positioned as if in the audience of a vaudeville show. A man and two women, all in evening clothes, are seated in a theater box to the left of a stage with curtains and a painted backdrop of trees. A young woman in a white dress, identified by a sign as "Dolly Lightfoot," performs a simple dance with leg kicks. The audience in the box applaud as she finishes, takes a curtsy, and exits. When they continue to clap, the dancer returns for an encore bow, and the man in the box throws her a bouquet of flowers. After she again exits, a man comes on the stage and changes the sign to "Extra," indicating an extra "turn" or act. A man in evening dress and holding sheet music takes the stage, and begins to sing with broad gestures. The trio in the box grumble and angrily gesture at the stage, then they throw their fans and hats at the oblivious singer and cover their ears. More hats and other objects are thrown by the off-camera audience, until one succeeds in knocking down the vocalist. He runs off stage, but quickly returns with an umbrella and continues to sing undaunted, even when the man in the box throws his seat cushion. Finally, two stagehands enter and drag and push the offending singer off stage, to the relief of the theater patrons.

Names

  • Porter, Edwin S., camera
  • Thomas A. Edison, Inc
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1903.

Headings

  • -  Entertainers--Humor
  • -  Theater audiences--Humor

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  H36496 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 3Oct1903; H36496.
  • -  Original main title lacking.
  • -  Duration: 1:28 at 16 fps.
  • -  Edison catalog no. 5771.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1598) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 95; AFI catalog: film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 323; Edison films catalog, no. 200, Jan. 1904 suppl., p. 12; Edison films catalog, no. 225, July 1904, p. 23.
  • -  Camera, Edwin S. Porter.
  • -  Filmed in Edison's New York City studio on September 16, 1903.
  • -  paper pos Received: 1903-10-03; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
  • -  Paper print roll lacking suffix.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (34 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 90 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (34 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 90 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 35 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 90 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 90 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 4612 (viewing print)
  • FEB 9360 (viewing print)
  • FRA 1641 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPE 5388 (dupe neg pic)
  • FRB 3091 (master pos pic)
  • Box 0160 (paper pos)
  • Box 5079C (paper pos, copy 2)

Source Collection

  • Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress)

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 96519489

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Porter, Edwin S., Camera, Inc Thomas A. Edison, and Paper Print Collection. The Extra Turn. United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1903. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/96519489/.

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Porter, E. S., Thomas A. Edison, I. & Paper Print Collection. (1903) The Extra Turn. United States: Edison Manufacturing Co. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/96519489/.

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Porter, Edwin S., Camera, Inc Thomas A. Edison, and Paper Print Collection. The Extra Turn. United States: Edison Manufacturing Co, 1903. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/96519489/>.