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Umbrella Dance
(1896) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: The Leigh Sisters [themselves].

Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by [?] Raff & Gammon? / Premiered 23 April 1896 at Koster and Bial’s Music Hall in New York, New York. / [?] Kinetoscope 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? / Early Edison subject used as part of the premiere presentation of Edison’s Vitascope motion picture projection system.

Performance: Dance.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Dance - Dancers

Listing updated: 16 April 2010.

References: Altman-Sound p. 84; Blum-Silent p. 7; Fell-History p. 14; Musser-Emerge p. 116; Ramsaye-Million p. 236a.