05618cgm a2200937 a 4500 11685176 20260106175818.9 mr bf dnnartnna|------ mr bf fnnartnna|------ mr bf dnnbdanna|------ cr b| |||||||| mr bf fnnbdanna|------ mr bf dnnaeanna|------ kh bo 961017s1903 xxu001 mleng 7 cbc orignew u ncip 19 y-movingim qm22 2018-12-04 LCAP batch update 2025-06-01-04:00: LCAPM-1033 96521785 H36403 U.S. Copyright Office 19030924 3804 N4 11685176 (DLC) 96521785 DLC DLC amim DLC n-us--- FLA 3540 (viewing print) FYA 3747 (viewing print) FRA 0816 (dupe neg pic) FPE 7682 (dupe neg pic) FRB 1902 (master pos pic) Box 0570 (paper pos) Box 5667D (paper pos, copy 2) A frontier flirtation / American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. Title from Biograph bulletins, 1896-1908: Frontier flirtation, or, How the tenderfoot won out How the tenderfoot won out United States. United States : American Mutoscope & Biograph Company, 1903. viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (19 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (48 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (19 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (48 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm. two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent projected g rdamedia film reel mr rdacarrier Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 1Oct1903; H36403. Original main title lacking. DLC Duration: 0:48 at 16 fps. Biograph production no. 2579. Paper print shelf number (LC 0526) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed. DLC Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian. DLC Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 113; AFI catalog: film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 386; Biograph bulletins 1896-1908, 1971, p. 126, 196; Biograph production logs, v. 2, p. 8-9. Camera, G.W. "Billy" Bitzer. Filmed September 24, 1903, in the Biograph studio, New York City. Opens on a stage with a painted backdrop of a forest or garden. On a park bench center stage sits a well-dressed woman with a dark veil obscuring her face, holding an open parasol overhead and a closed fan in her lap. A mustached cowboy enters, dressed in fringed chaps, boots, Western hat, neck kerchief, and pistol belt. When he spies the woman, he primps for a moment, arranging his mustache, and then approaches her. The cowboy takes off his hat and bows, then leans into the bench to talk with her. She rebuffs his numerous attempts to take her hand, but finally allows him to lift her veil. The cowboy reacts in horror as an animal face, perhaps a monkey's, is revealed, and then runs off the stage. A stylish gentleman in a suit with a straw boater and cane enters and sits familiarly beside the woman. He reaches over and removes what proves to be a mask as he and the now-beautiful woman have a good laugh. At one point, the gentleman gives her a kiss on the cheek. "A Western cowboy attempts to flirt with a veiled young lady sitting on a bench in the garden. After considerable persuasion she is induced to raise her veil, but to the cowboy's amazement she reveals a hideous face. The cowboy leaves in disgust, but his place is quickly taken by a dapper Eastern youth who removes the mask from the girl's face, and the two enjoy a hearty laugh over the cowboy's discomfiture. 52 feet"--Biograph bulletins 1896-1908. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files. paper pos Received: 1903-10-01; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection. Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985. Practical jokes Humor. Flirting Humor. Cowboys Humor. Disguise Humor. Comedy films. lcgft Silent films. lcgft Short films. lcgft Fiction films. lcgft Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944, camera. American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) DLC Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) Frontier flirtation (DLC) 46318 AVCMS Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu Digital viewing copy ntscrm 00046318 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/ntscrm.00046318 35 mm viewing print renumbered: FEC 2181 to FYA 3747. Paper print roll lacking suffix. TE01 mbrs/vars nsr c-MP&TV FPE 7682 (dupe neg) MUMS VM File