Robert Sklar: Movie-Made America, 1994
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- DirectorEdwin S. PorterStarsGilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' AndersonA.C. AbadieGeorge BarnesA group of bandits stage a brazen train hold-up, only to find a determined posse hot on their heels.p20
- DirectorAlfred ClarkStarsRobert ThomaeMrs. Robert L. ThomasThis short film, one of the first to use camera tricks, depicts the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots.p21
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- DirectorJ. Stuart BlacktonAlbert E. Smith"Down goes the Spanish flag, and up floats the Stars and Stripes. Down falls the symbol of tyranny and oppression that has ruled in the new world for four hundred years, and up goes the Banner of Freedom. In the distance are the turrets and battlements of Morro, the last foothold of Spain in America."p22
- DirectorGeorge S. FlemingEdwin S. Porter"A file of Spanish soldiers line up the Cubans against a blank wall and fire a volley. The flash of rifles and drifting smoke make a very striking picture." - from the Edison Catalogp22
- DirectorJ. Stuart BlacktonAlbert E. SmithStarsAlbert E. SmithMan in roman costume carves figure of girl in doorway. As he finishes, the statue comes to life. The man expresses great love and desire for her, but every time the man goes to grab the girl she vanishes and reappears somewhere else.p23
- DirectorEdwin S. Porter"This commercial traveler has evidently had a wet day judging from the strange things he sees at his hotel. The hall boy shows him to his room, puts down his grips, and then disappears through the ceiling. Drummer pushes button five times for a drink, and waiter appears through the floor. Drummer turns to sit down on the bed it disappears. He fights with the waiter, is overcome, and waiter locks him in a trunk and sits on it. After a while he opens the trunk; behold, it's empty. Drummer appears mysteriously, picks up a big book, hits waiter on head, and drives him through the floor. Drummer dances in delirious glee."p23
- DirectorEdwin S. PorterStarsCharles ManleyPoor Uncle Josh is trying to get to sleep, but being constantly bedeviled by a fellow in red long underwear with horns. A short early trick editing film using a stationary camera.p23
- DirectorJames H. Whitep23
- DirectorEdwin S. PorterScene Bowery. Young woman drops her handkerchief while passing a Rube. He picks it up and gives it to her. She induces him to go into a side door of a saloon. Second scene, saloon. Rube and woman enter, take seats at table and order drinks. While the Rube is paying for same, woman puts knock-out drops in the Rube's glass. They drink and the Rube falls asleep. Woman takes all his valuables and leaves. Waiter wakes him up. He discovers his watch gone, fights with waiter, and is thrown out. Third scene, outside of saloon. Police patrol drawn up. They put Rube in and drive off.p23
- DirectorGeorge S. FlemingEdwin S. PorterStarsA.C. AbadieFlorence GeorgieA winner and sure to please. In front of one of the largest newspaper offices is a hot air shaft through which immense volumes of air are forced by a blower. Ladies in crossing this shaft often have their clothes slightly disarranged. A young man is escorting a young lady and talking very earnestly. They walk slowly along until they stand directly over the air shaft. The young lady's skirts are suddenly raised to an almost unreasonable height, greatly to her horror and much to the amusement of the newsboys, bootblacks, and passersby.p23
- It is a rainy day outside. The ladies are waiting for a car just in front of the shop. The man who is having his boots blackened, looks up the stairway to the sidewalk and sees the "show" first, and the others all crowd to the doorway.p23
- A very strong pose. The little girl who has been posing as a model refuses to continue and stands by the easel pouting. Copied from a famous painting.p23
- Three little youngsters, none of them over three years of age, have been placed in the basin of a fountain on a private lawn. The water is turned on, and the antics of the babies as the cool water strikes them are very amusing. One cries, another laughs, and the third is bewildered.p23
- DirectorGeorge S. FlemingEdwin S. PorterStarsCharmionIn this short silent film, we see Charmion an early vaudeville strongwomen, perform her famous Trapeze disrobing act. During the Victorian era, Charmion believed in promoting physical culture and dress reform for women.p23
- DirectorFrederick S. ArmitageIn this picture there is a limited amount of action in the pose. As the curtains are drawn aside the shell appears shut. It gradually opens, disclosing the model curled up in a recumbent position. She slowly arises as if awakening, and gracefully assumes the final position of the pose.p23
- "The scene opens with a salesman displaying corsets to the buyer of a country store. He calls in a female model and tries a corset on her. While the buyer is looking at the figure, the salesman removes the head and arms and finally shows that instead of legs, she has a wire frame. This is one of the most effective trick pictures in our list."p23
- Showing a young and shapely girl in pajamas taking her morning calisthenic exercise.p23
- The scene is a bedroom with classic flower patterned wallpaper, half a dozen small frames and a single bed to the left and a fireplace with a porcelain clock to the right. To the far right of the scene there is a chair and (not seen in the video transcript, probably) a table. The floor is covered by a large Persian rug and, in the middle of the room, conspicuously suspended from the ceiling, is a large punching ball and a couple of wire pulleys. A brunette is sleeping on the bed, wakes and stands up, dressed in a past the knee skirt and a sleeveless shirt. The girl should be a Physical Culture maniac, as without caring for her long hair, she starts the morning exercises. First, the Girl makes a biceps pose, then punches the ball in a fast, powerful frenzy, until the ball is caught up (off camera, either pulled by its string or accidentally caught on the pulleys' wires). Then, she picks up two clubs (the sort used in circus by hand dexterity artists) and plays with them in arm extension movements, whirling the clubs about. After putting the clubs down, she pulls at the springy wires, only to stop that and do a couple of flexing poses, arms and legs, and bending at the waist, first facing the camera, than with her back to it. The morning exercises end with a couple of push-ups on the right arm, facing the camera, followed by a couple of leg extensions.p23
- A dressmaker is examining the fit of a dress of a female customer. The customer removes her dress for alteration, and remains in front of the mirror while scantily clad. A messenger boy enters, frightening away the customer. He is promptly ousted from the dressmaker's establishment for his impertinence.p23
- DirectorA.E. WeedA woman in fancy dress enters a dressing room and begins to disrobe. She removes a coat, a top, and her skirt. As she starts to remove her chemise in front of the camera, she thinks the better of it and steps behind an opaque screen. Soon, she tosses her slip over the screen toward the camera. Then, she reaches with her naked arm across to a chair to grab her next costume. She emerges dressed in a very short and spangled skirt and top, ready for her next performance.p23
- A brokers office. A broker is dictating to typewriter, who is very homely, when the wife and child appear on the scene, and his wife proceeds to inspect the typewriter and expresses her approval of his selection. His wife leaves, the typewriter removes her mask, disclosing a beautiful face, and Smith proceeds (to) make love to her.p23, The Typewriter 1902
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- StarsKathryn OstermanShowing a pretty girl (figure large) at a window looking for the approach of her lover with a pair of field glasses. She is greatly disappointed at his non-appearance, as her face plainly shows, but he creeps in by her side and announces his presence by a kiss.p23
- The public throughout the world is acquainted with the sensational capture of the Biddle Brothers and Mrs. Soffel, who, through the aid of Mrs. Soffel, escaped from the Pittsburg jail on January 30th, 1902. Our picture, which is a perfect reproduction of the capture, is realistic and exciting. It shows the sheriffs in two sleighs coming down the hill on the snow covered road. Mrs. Soffel and the Biddle Brothers appear in the foreground going toward the sheriffs. Immediately the sheriffs are seen by Ed. Biddle, he stops the sleigh, and rising, begins firing at the sheriffs with a shotgun. He is the first to be shot and falls to the ground in a snow bank, but, game to the last, he rises on one elbow and fires shot after shot with his revolver. Mrs. Soffel and the second Biddle then begin firing. When Mrs. Soffel sees that their capture is certain, she attempts to take her own life by shooting herself with the pistol. The sheriffs are finally victorious and the two convicts with the unfortunate woman are loaded into the sheriff's double sleigh.p24