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The Astor Tramp
Also known as [Astor Unwelcome Tramp Visitor]
(1899) United States of America
B&W : 100 feet
Directed by James White
Cast: (unknown)
Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / © 27 November 1899 by Thomas A. Edison [77520]. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot on a day between June to September 1899 on an outdoor stage [?] in West Orange, New Jersey? Musser control number 725.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [Edison Films, March 1900, page 3] 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.
Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Furniture: Beds - Law: Enforcement: Policemen - Newspapers - Tramps - Workers: Maids
Listing updated: 19 August 2009.
References: Musser-Edison pp. 527-533; Niver-Early p. 15.
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