A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by [?] Edison Manufacturing Company? / Cinematography by William Heise. / © 5 August 1897 by Thomas A. Edison [44332]. Released August 1897. / [?] Kinetoscope 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? / The production was shot in July 1897 [?] in the Edison Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey? Musser control number 362.

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Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive (LC 1353), 35mm reference positive (FEC 2318)].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Advertising - Characters: Uncle Sam - Signage - Tobacco: Cigarettes

Listing updated: 24 August 2023.

References: Film viewing : LoC-MoPic-1 p. 1; Musser-Edison p. 315; Niver-Early p. 2; Prelinger-Guide p. 2 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb; Website-LoC.

Home video: DVD.

Online: NFPF.