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Fred Ott.
Frame enlargements: Silent Era image collection.
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Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
Also known as [Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze, January 7, 1894], [Fred Ott’s Sneeze], [The Sneeze] : {A Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze}
(1894) United States of America
B&W : 4 feet
Directed by W.K.L. Dickson
Cast: Fred Ott [himself, the sneezer].
Edison Manufacturing Company production. / Cinematography by William Heise. / © 9 January 1894 by W.K.L. Dickson [2887Z]. / Kinetoscope 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot circa 2-7 January 1894 in the Edison Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey. Bohn-Light p. 9 mistakenly claims that this film was shot in 1889 by Dickson.
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Synopsis: Well-known one-shot motion subject of Edison employee Fred Ott, handkerchief in hand, sneezing.
Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (American Film Institute / Gordon Hendricks collection; and paper print collection) [35mm preservation positive, 35mm viewing positive (FEC 8091), 35mm paper positive (LC 26A)].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Early close-ups - Handkerchiefs - Sneezes
Listing updated: 6 May 2012.
References: Film viewing : Blum-Silent p. 7; Bohn-Light pp. xv, 9; Brownlow-Parade p. 23; Everson-American p. 367; Leyda-Before p. 16; McCaffrey-Guide pp. 5-6; Musser-Before p. 39; Musser-Emerge pp. 75, 601; Niver-First pp. 2-3; Ramsaye-Million pp. 78b, 79, 82, 238; Robinson-Palace pp. 41, 42, 43, 163; Shipman-Cinema p. 8; Sinyard-Silent p. 14 : Website-LoC.
Home video: DVD.
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