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Crissie Sheridan - vaudeville film

Crissie Sheridan - vaudeville film

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A woman in a white gown performs a skirt dance, using her arms to produce circles and other patterns within the folds of her costume. Her legs and feet appear to be bare.
60590 U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 25Oct1897; 60590.
Original main title lacking.
Dancer: Crissie Sheridan.
Camera, William Heise.
Duration: 0:40 at 19 fps.
Filmed September-October, 1897 in Edison's "Black Maria" studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
Paper print shelf number (LC 1143) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 69; Edison motion pictures, 1890-1900, p. 352-353.
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.

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01/01/1897
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