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Annabelle Serpentine Dance
Also known as [Annabelle Serpentine Dance, no. 2]
(1895) United States of America
B&W : 50 feet
Directed by W.K.L. Dickson

Cast: Annabelle Whitford [herself].

Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Continental Commerce Company. / Cinematography by William Heise. / Kinetoscope 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot by February 1895 in the Edison Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey. The film was made to replace Annabelle Serpentine Dance (1894) for domestic distribution by Maguire and Baucus through their Continental Commerce Company. Musser control number 116. Followed by Annabelle Serpentine Dance (1895).

Performance: Dance.

Survival status: (unknown).

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Dance - Dancers

Listing updated: 16 March 2008.

References: Bohn-Light p. 9; Fell-History p. 14; Leyda-Before pp. 52, 80, 87; Magliozzi-Treasures n. 3660; Musser-Before pp. 40-41; Musser-Edison p. 173; Musser-Emerge pp. 78, 79, 116, 597; Ramsaye-Million pp. 117, 194-195, 197, 206, 228, 231; Robertson-Guinness p. 3; Shipman-Cinema p. 16.