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Acrobatic Monkey
(1898) United States of America
B&W : 50 feet
Directed by William Heise
Cast: (unknown)
Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / Cinematography by William Heise. / © 15 March 1898 by Thomas A. Edison [17709]. Released [?] 15 March? 1898. / [?] Kinetoscope 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? / The production was shot on a day between February to early March 1898 in the Edison Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey. Musser control number 528.
Performance: Acrobatics.
Synopsis: [Edison Films, 15 March 1898, page 18] This film shows a man, disguised as a monkey, performing various acrobatic feats on two perpendicular ropes. The disguise is perfect and the representation very clever. The feats performed are more or less difficult and there is action from beginning to end. The acrobat is well in the foreground and as a consequence shows up life size. The background is white, which tends to make the psuedo monkey stand out more sharply.
Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Acrobats - Animals: Monkeys - Costumes: Monkey suits
Listing updated: 24 August 2023.
References: LoC-MoPic-1 p. 1; Musser-Edison p. 408; Niver-Early p. 1 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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