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The Little Match Seller
(1902) England
B&W : 210 feet
Directed by James Williamson

Cast: (unknown)

[?] Williamson Kinematograph Company or Williamson Films? production. / From a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. / Released December 1902. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA (at [?] 200 or 210? feet) by Edison Manufacturing Company on 21 March 1903.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists in the British Film Institute National Archive film archive; in the George Eastman Museum film archive [35mm positive]; and in the Eye Film Instituut Nederland film archive.

Current rights holder: (unknown) [United Kingdom]; Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 28 May 2018.

References: Sopocy-Williamson pp. 253, 257 : Website-AFI; Website-GEM; Website-IMDb.