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  Arthur Housman (center, forward).
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The Edison Minstrels
(1913) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by [?] Allan Ramsay?

Cast: Arthur Housman [the interlocutor], O.J. McCormack [the baritone member of The Edison Quartette], George W. Ballard [the tenor member of The Edison Quartette], Leo Parmet [a member of The Edison Quartette], H.L. Wilson [a member of The Edison Quartette], Edward Boulden [the left minstrel], Mr. [?] Tambow? [the right minstrel], [?] ? [the left fool], [?] ? [the right fool], Eugene Jardas [the orchestra conductor], [?] ? [the Edison Orchestra].

Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated, production; distributed by The American Talking Picture Company, Incorporated. / Premiered 17 February 1913 in New York, New York. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Kinetophone sound-on-cylinder synchronized sound system. / [?] Same film as A Minstrel Show (1913)? / Full-sound film.

Performance: Musical-Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive [35mm nitrate camera negative (USA version)].

Current rights holder: Public domain.

Keywords: Blackface - Early sound film - Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 30 September 2018.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.

 
 
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