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Film, Video Betsy Ross dance Title in Biograph photo catalog, v. 5: Betsey Ross dance / Title in Biograph production log: Betsy Ross dance (Little Anita)

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About this Item

Title

  • Betsy Ross dance

Other Title

  • Title in Biograph photo catalog, v. 5: Betsey Ross dance
  • Title in Biograph production log: Betsy Ross dance (Little Anita)

Summary

  • Opens on a bare stage with a painted backdrop of an interior theater wall and pillar. From screen right, a woman in a short, ruffled dress and sash, tights, and ballet slippers, with long, dark hair worn in curls twirls onstage and performs an enthusiastic dance. Her movements include some with an apparent ballet influence, such as pirouettes and walking on pointe. She also performs various feet and leg movements, leg kicks both to the front and side, spins, and twirls, all the while flouncing and lifting her skirt and smiling coquettishly. She ends by throwing a kiss to the camera as she twirls offstage.

Names

  • Little Anita, performer
  • Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944, camera
  • American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

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

Headings

  • -  Dance
  • -  Dancers

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  H32944 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 25June1903; H32944.
  • -  Original main title lacking.
  • -  Duration: 1:28 at 16 fps.
  • -  Biograph production no. 2399.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 0399) 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. 28; AFI catalog: film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 90; Biograph production logs; Biograph bulletins 1896-1908, p. 88; R. Snyder, The voice of the city, p. 137.
  • -  Camera, G.W. "Billy" Bitzer.
  • -  Performer: Little Anita.
  • -  Filmed June 18, 1903 in the Biograph New York City studio.
  • -  paper pos (copy 2) Received: 1903-06-25; 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 (36 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 60 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (36 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 60 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 60 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 60 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 3413 (viewing print)
  • FEC 2204 (viewing print)
  • FRA 0225 (dupe neg pic)
  • FPE 7734 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 1131B (paper pos)
  • Box 5516 (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

  • 96520345

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Bitzer, G. W., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Betsy Ross dance. performeds by Little Anita United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903. Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/96520345/.

APA citation style:

Bitzer, G. W., American Mutoscope And Biograph Company & Paper Print Collection. (1903) Betsy Ross dance. Little Anita, performer United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/96520345/.

MLA citation style:

Bitzer, G. W., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Betsy Ross dance. performer by Little Anita United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1903. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/96520345/>.