Fougère /
Fougère, Eugenie, performer.
Armitage, F. S., camera.
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
moving image
Filmed dance. lcgft
Silent films. lcgft
Short films. lcgft
Nonfiction films. lcgft
United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company,
[1899?]
eng
Opens on a stage with a painted backdrop of what appears to be clouds or rolling waves. From the left of the frame enters Eugenie Fougère, shot in profile but with her face turned toward the camera. She wears a dress with a dark, lace-patterned, low-cut bodice, striped sleeves, a frilly white skirt to the knees, and a tri-corner hat with a feather. For most of the dance she lifts her skirt high in a manner similar to a cancan. She closes by kneeling in a brief curtsy with her hand tucked at her chin.
"The famous Parisian chantuese in the rag-time cake-walk "Hello, Ma Baby," with which she made such a sensation at the New York Theatre"--American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue.
Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 7June1902; H18745.
Original main title lacking.
Approximate release date of November 1899 from AFI catalog: film beginnings, 1893-1910.
Duration: 0:37 at 18 fps.
Biograph production no. 1328.
Paper print shelf number (LC 1094) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 110; Biograph production logs; American Mutoscope & Biograph picture catalogue, Nov. 1902 [MI], p. 60; AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 375.
Camera, F.S. Armitage.
Performer: Eugenie Fougère.
Filmed November 25, 1899, in the Biograph New York City studio.
Paper Print Collection.
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
Cancan (Dance)
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Fougere
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