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Buffalo Bill
(1894) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by W.K.L. Dickson

Cast: Colonel William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill Cody)

Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Raff & Gammon. / Kinetoscope 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Early Kinetograph camera films were shot at approximately 48 frames per second.

Performance.

Synopsis: [Raff & Gammon catalog, October 1894, page ?] Buffalo Bill, The noted proprietor of “The Wild West.”

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Colonel William F. Cody

Listing updated: 2 January 2009.

References: Blum-Silent p. 7; Bohn-Light p. 9; Fell-History p. 13; Musser-Emerge pp. 78, 599; Pitts-Hollywood pp. 2, 81; Ramsaye-Million p. 83; Robinson-Palace p. 44.