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Buying a cow / - movie film screenshot

Buying a cow / - movie film screenshot

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Summary

An urban husband and wife, walking in the countryside outside Paris, are so impressed with the delicious taste of a cow's milk that they buy the cow and try to bring it back to their Parisian apartment. After many misadventures, the cow is stolen right after they reach their front door.
French titles from AFI STAR database record no. 7676.
MAVIS 10518; Buying a cow.
Digital files viewed.
Sources used: Moving picture world, Jan. 18, 1908, p. 50; American Film Institute catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 141; AFI STAR database record no. 7676.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
Received: 8/1970 from LC film lab; 16 mm. viewing print; preservation; AFI/Marshall (George) Collection.
Received: 2/6/1987 from LC film lab; 35 mm. viewing print; preservation; AFI/Marshall (George) Collection.
Received: 1/24/2007 from VidiPax; master; preservation; AFI/Marshall (George) Collection.
Received: 8/1970 from LC film lab; 16 mm. dupe neg pic; preservation; AFI/Marshall (George) Collection.
Received: 1/29/1987 from LC film lab; 35 mm. dupe neg pic; preservation; AFI/Marshall (George) Collection.

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Date

01/01/1908
person

Contributors

Société des établissements Gaumont.
George Kleine (Firm)
AFI/Marshall (George) Collection (Library of Congress)
place

Location

Montparnasse (Paris, France)48.84306, 2.32139
Google Map of 48.84305555555556, 2.3213888888888885
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Source

Library of Congress
copyright

Copyright info

Public Domain

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