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New Bar Room
Also known as [Bar Room Scene No. 2]
(1894) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by W.K.L. Dickson
Cast: (unknown)
Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Raff & Gammon. / Cinematography by William Heise. / Kinetoscope 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Early Kinetograph camera films were shot at approximately 48 frames per second.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [Raff & Gammon catalog, October 1894, page ?] New Bar Room, Showing a Quarrel in a bar room and a policeman taking a glass of beer on the sly. • [From Edison promotional materials] Presents a barroom, with all the accessories, including a barmaid, who serves a policeman with a glass of beer at the side entrance. Two men are smoking and having a quiet game of “draw,” when a couple of “toughs” lounge in and a quarrel arises, in which the policeman takes a hand and forcibly expels the crowd. A very popular and realistic subject of this kind.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 18 December 2024.
References: Ramsaye-Million p. 839 : Website-IMDb.
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