Street car chivalry /
Porter, Edwin S., camera.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
moving image
Comedy films. lcgft
Silent films. lcgft
Short films. lcgft
Fiction films. lcgft
United States : Edison Manufacturing Co.,
1903.
eng
"Scene shows interior of crowded street-car. A young lady enters and every man in the car offers her his seat. Presently an elderly stout lady with arm full of bundles enters. All male passengers immediately bury their faces in their papers, while the lady swings on the strap. A sudden jerk of the car lands her in the lap of a dude, much to the amusement of the other passengers. She pulls herself together, only to be thrown sprawling on the dude again. This time she mashes his high hat. The dude rises and leaves the car, and the old lady gathers up her bundles and sits down with a satisfied smile. Length: 65 feet"--Edison films catalog.
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 8Aug1903; H34327.
Duration: 1:05 at 16 fps.
Paper print shelf number (LC 0320) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
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Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Before the nickelodeon, p. 245; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 313-314; Edison films catalog, no. 185, October supplement 1903, p. 19 [MI]; American Film Institute catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 1025.
Cameraman, Edwin S. Porter.
Photographed on July 29, 1903 in New York City.
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
Chivalry--Humor.
Courtesy--Humor.
Falls (Accidents)--Humor.
Cable cars (Streetcars)--Humor.
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Street car chivalry
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