Annabelle Serpentine Dance
| Annabelle Serpentine Dance | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | William K.L. Dickson William Heise |
| Produced by | William Heise |
| Starring | Annabelle Moore |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Edison Manufacturing Company |
Release date | 1895 |
Running time | 45 seconds |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent |
Annabelle Serpentine Dance is a
hand-tinted.[1]
Action in the film
The dance is performed in succession in a lockoff shot. The first is in a flowing skirt, held out by her hands with arms extended. She smiles, wearing butterfly wings on her back and the wings of
Mercury
in her hair. Her dance emphasizes the movement of her visible, bare legs. She kicks high, bows, and moves to her right and left. The second dancer has a voluminous, long skirt, and holds sticks in each hand attached to the skirt's outer edges. The flowing patterns of the skirt from her arm movements give the second scene a different feeling from the first.
Production and distribution
Different versions of the film were released on four different dates: August 10, 1894; February 1895; April–August 1895; and May 8, 1897..
Film historians have commented on the possibilities for viewers to slow down the hand cranking of the footage; it was not technically possible in other art forms.[3]
See also
References
- ISBN 9780813552989
- ISBN 9780253347718
- ISBN 9780520258426
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Annabelle Serpentine Dance.
- Annabelle Serpentine Dance at IMDb
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