Dickson violin [electronic resource] / directed by William Heise and William K. L. Dickson ; produced by Edison Studios.

Other Title:

Dickson experimental sound film

Publication:

New York : Kino Lorber, Inc., 1894.

Series:

Silent film online

Format/Description:

Video
1 streaming video file (1 min.) : sd., b&w

Subjects:

Dance.
Kinetophone.
Male dancers.
Sound motion pictures -- Experiments.
Violinists.

Language:

This edition silent with musical background.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Experimental sound film made for Edison's kinetophone -- a combination of the kinetoscope and phonograph -- but apparently never distributed. Features two men dancing to a violinist. Shows W. K. L. Dickson playing the violin before a large phonograph horn connected with an off-screen reader while two men dance together. Part of Dickson's sound-synchronization experiments.

Notes:

Title from title frames (Silent Film Online, viewed Apr. 4, 2014).
Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (Silent film online). Available via World Wide Web.
Won 2003 National Film Preservation Board National Film Registry Award

Contributor:

Dickson, W. K.-L. (William Kennedy-Laurie), 1860-1935. , Director
Heise, William. , Director
Thomas A. Edison, Inc. , Producer

Other format:

K383

OCLC:

881550514

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.

Online:

Connect to streaming video
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1336379