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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Cast: [?] ? [an athlete], [a dog].

Edison Manufacturing Company production. / Cinematography by William Heise. / No copyright registration. / Kinetoscope 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot circa February 1894 in the Edison Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey.

Performance: Athletics.

Synopsis: An athlete from the Newark Turnverein performs a number of stretching manuvers while maintaining a two-handed grip on a long stick. A black dog shares the stage with the athlete.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (Gordon Hendricks collection) [35mm preservation positive, 35mm viewing positive (FEC 8056)].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Animals: Dogs - Athletes - Sticks

Listing updated: 21 March 2012.

References: Film viewing : Website-LoC.

Home video: DVD.