The Astor tramp / motion picture

The Astor tramp / motion picture

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Summary

"A side-splitting subject, showing the mistaken tramp's arrival at the Wm. Waldorf Astor mansion and being discovered comfortably asleep in bed by the lady of the house. Length 100 feet, complete with words of song and music, $20.00. Without words and music, $15.00"--Edison films catalog, no. 94.
77520 U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 27Nov1899; 77520.
Duration: 1:57 at 16 fps.
There may have been two versions of the film. The Edison films catalog no. 105 describes the tramp as arriving at the Waldorf Astoria hotel, while the Edison films catalog, no. 94 describes the tramp as arriving at the Wm. Waldorf Astor mansion. There is no arrival scene in the LC copy of the film, and it is not clear whether the tramp is in a hotel or a mansion.
Paper print shelf number (LC 1466) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
Filmed ca. June to September 1899, probably in Orange, New Jersey.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 527-528; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 15; Edison films catalog, no. 94, March 1900, p. 3 [MI]; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 13 [MI].
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.

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Date

01/01/1899
person

Contributors

White, James H. (James Henry), production.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
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Source

Library of Congress
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Public Domain

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