SUMMARY Experimental sound film made for Edison's kinetophone -- a combination of the kinetoscope and phonograph -- but apparently never distributed. The LC copy is silent. Features two men dancing to a violinist. OTHER TITLES Variant title: [Dickson violin] CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : [Edison Manufacturing Co., 1895]. NOTES Copyright: no reg. Performer: W.K.L. Dickson or Charles D'Almaine. Camera, William Heise. Filmed ca. September 1894 to April 2, 1895, in Edison's Black Maria studio. SUBJECTS Sound motion pictures--Experiments. Kineto-phonograph. Violin. Violinists. Dance. Male dancers. Music RELATED NAMES Dickson, W. K.-L. (William Kennedy-Laurie), 1860-1935, production, cast. D'Almaine, Charles, 1871-1943, cast. Heise, William, camera. Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Dunston (Gatewood) Collection (Library of Congress) DIGITAL ID edmp.4034 hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/edmp.4034

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