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Film, Video From show girl to burlesque queen Shooting title in Biograph production log: Dressing room scene, from show girl to burlesque queen / From showgirl to burlesque queen

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About this Item

Title

  • From show girl to burlesque queen

Other Title

  • Shooting title in Biograph production log: Dressing room scene, from show girl to burlesque queen
  • From showgirl to burlesque queen

Summary

  • Opens on a dressing room set with a mirror, dressing table, and chair center stage and a folded dressing screen on the left. A smiling, dark-haired woman enters through the door on stage right, unbuttoning a full-length polka-dot costume. As she undresses, she frequently looks directly at the camera and smiles. She removes her sash or cummerbund, the top with its trailing sleeves, and her skirt, leaving her clothed only in a sleeveless chemise. Smiling directly at the camera, she mischievously slips a strap of the garment off one shoulder, then ducks behind the screen. After the chemise is thrown over the top of the screen, her arm furtively reaches out from behind the screen and grabs a slight garment from the back of the chair and some items from the dressing table. She then emerges wearing a risqué, decorated costume with cap sleeves and a very short skirt, gathered at the waist. Her legs appear to be bare. The woman brandishes a sword, grabbed from under the discarded dress, and strikes a seductive pose as the viewer glimpses a costumed man entering the room.

Names

  • Weed, A. E., camera
  • American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903.

Headings

  • -  Showgirls--Humor
  • -  Striptease--Humor
  • -  Comedy films
  • -  Silent films

Genre

  • Filmed burlesque acts
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  H35629 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 12Sept1903; H35629.
  • -  Original main title lacking.
  • -  Duration: 1:02 at 14 fps.
  • -  Biograph production no. 2528.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 0549) 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. 113; AFI catalog: film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 385.
  • -  Camera, A.E. Weed.
  • -  Filmed August 25, 1903 in the Biograph New York City studio.
  • -  paper pos (copy 1) Received: 1903-09-12; 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 (30 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (55 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (30 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (55 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • master pos pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 30 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 55 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 55 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 3563 (viewing print)
  • FEC 2132 (viewing print)
  • FRA 0839 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPE 7628 (dupe neg pic)
  • FRB 0369 (master pos pic)
  • Box 0707 (paper pos)
  • Box 5560B (paper pos)

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

  • 96519945

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Weed, A. E., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. From Show Girl to Burlesque Queen. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/96519945/.

APA citation style:

Weed, A. E., American Mutoscope And Biograph Company & Paper Print Collection. (1903) From Show Girl to Burlesque Queen. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/96519945/.

MLA citation style:

Weed, A. E., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. From Show Girl to Burlesque Queen. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/96519945/>.