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Annabelle Serpentine Dance
Also known as [Serpentine Dance — Annabelle], [Annabelle Serpentine Dance, no. 4], [Serpentine Dance]
(1897) United States of America
B&W : [?] 45 or 50? feet
Directed by James H. White

Cast: Annabelle Whitford [herself].

Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by [?] Edison Manufacturing Company? / Cinematography by William Heise. / © 8 May 1897 by Thomas A. Edison. / [?] Kinetoscope 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? / The production was shot in late April to early May 1897 in the Edison Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey. Musser control number 339.

Performance: Dance.

Survival status: Print exists in the National Archives of Canada, Visual and Sound Archives, film archive (David Flaherty collection).

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Dance - Dancers

Listing updated: 16 March 2008.

References: Musser-Edison p. 304; Robinson-Palace p. 44 : Website-AFI.