Uncle Josh in a spooky hotel /. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

"The landlord enters with his rural guest. After examining the bed and other things in the room, Josh takes a seat beside the landlord, who tells him that there is a rumor that a ghost appears in that room every night at 12 o'clock. The ghost then appears mysteriously and hits Josh a slap on the cheek. Thinking it was the landlord who hit him Josh gets up and knocks the landlord off the chair. After a little row, Josh and the landlord again sit down and the ghost again appears and hits the landlord on the cheek. The landlord, thinking it was Josh, gets up and knocks him off the chair. Each one accuses the other of striking him. Josh discovers that his companion is really the ghost, and in great fright he grabs his things and rushes out of the room, followed by the ghost. 80 feet"--Edison films catalog.
D6367 U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 21Mar1900; D6367.
Duration: 1:16 at 16 fps.
The AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910 lists Edwin S. Porter as the cameraman, but also notes that the film "may be a foreign production, possibly Méliès or Paul". No credits, source or location are given in Musser's Edison motion pictures 1890-1900.
Filmed ca. March 1900.
Paper print shelf number (LC 1918) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
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Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 585; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 343; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 87 [MI]; American Film Institute catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 1121.
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.