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[Nicholas Sisters Split Dance]
(1895) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Otway Latham

Cast: Nicholas Sisters

Lambda Company production; distributed by [?] Lambda Company? / Released August 1895. / Eidoloscope spherical widegauge filmstock format. / The Nicholas Sisters were from a Koster & Bial’s Music Hall stage production. The production was shot on the roof of Madison Square Garden. The Latham Eidoloscope was a renamed version of the Latham Pantoptikon camera/projector system. Each film shot by the system was only approximately 50 to 150 feet long.

Performance: Dance.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Entertainment: Dance

Listing updated: 22 August 2023.

References: Musser-Emerge p. 99; Ramsaye-Million pp. 185, 187, 188.