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  Carmencita.
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Carmencita
Also known as Carmencita in Italy
(1894) United States of America
B&W : 38 feet
Directed by W.K.L. Dickson

Cast: Carmencita [herself].

Edison Manufacturing Company production. / Cinematography by William Heise. / No copyright registration. / Kinetoscope 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot circa 10-16 March 1894 at the Edison Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey. Early Kinetograph camera films were shot at approximately 48 frames per second.

Performance: Dance.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (Gordon Hendricks collection) [35mm preservation positive, 35mm viewing positive (FEC 8116)].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Dance: Dancers

Listing updated: 21 March 2012.

References: Film viewing : Altman-Sound pp. 79, 82; Coe-History p. 65; Fell-History p. 24; Musser-Before p. 40; Musser-Emerge pp. 78, 599; Ramsaye-Million pp. 114b, 117, Robinson-Palace pp. 41, 46-47, 48 : Website-LoC.

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