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The Snapshot Fiend; or, Willie’s New Camera
(1906) United States of America
B&W : 610 feet
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: (unknown)
The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by The Vitagraph Company of America. / © 9 July 1906 by The Vitagraph Company of America [H80273]. Released 21 July 1906. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [The New York Clipper, 28 July 1906, page ?] Willie Snaps Everything in Sight. Ma, Pa, Grandpa and Grandma, the new baby, the big St. Bernard, the cat, the old horse and Bridget the cook. He photographs a young man kissing his sister (Willie’s sister, not the young man’s) then he photographs the Parson and Miss Old Maid at the Sunday School Picnic — We see the plate actually developing in the darkroom (Very Novel Effect — Tinted Red) Horrible to relate, he took them both on the same plate, and the old maid appears sitting on the parson’s lap — Discovery of the awful picture at the “Sewing Circle Meeting.” Indignation, followed by explanations — Willie takes a flashlight photo of the entire group and nearly blows up the house.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Photography: Still cameras
Listing updated: 12 December 2024.
References: Slide-BigV p. 174 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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