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  W.K.L. Dickson.
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[Dickson Greeting]
(1891) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by W.K.L. Dickson and William Heise

Cast: W.K.L. Dickson [himself].

Edison Manufacturing Company production. / Cinematography by William Heise. / No copyright registration. / The production was shot before 20 May 1891 in the Edison Laboratory Photographic Building in West Orange, New Jersey, on an experimental horizontal-feed camera with a round aperture and 3/4 inch (19mm) wide film with a single edge row of sprocket perforations. The film was shot before 20 May 1891 since the film was presented (in an experimental viewing box) at a convention of the Federation of Women’s Clubs on that date.

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Synopsis: A view of Dickson bowing, smiling, waving his hands, and taking off his hat.

Survival status: A fragmentary print exists in the Library of Congress film archive [35mm preservation positive, 35mm reference positive (FEB 9908)].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Experimental motion picture systems - Hats

Listing updated: 21 March 2012.

References: Film viewing : Musser-Before p. 31; Musser-Emerge p. 68; Ramsaye-Million p. 79 : Website-LoC.

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