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: Joseph Whitley, [?] ? [three other persons].

Produced by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince. Cinematography by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince. / This motion picture was taken on 14 October 1888 by a camera of Le Prince’s invention on 2-1/8 inch wide sensitized photographic paper at a shutter rate of 10-12 frames per second. Whitley was Le Prince’s father-in-law, and the location of the photography was the garden of Whitley’s home in Roundhay, Leeds, England. This was Le Prince’s first motion picture production.

Portrait.

Synopsis: An experimental motion subject portrait of Whitley and three other people walking about.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: United Kingdom: England: Leeds

Listing updated: 1 November 2022.

References: Robertson-Guinness p. 1 : Website-IMDb.