Anna Held (1901)

1901 · Silent film · dir. Frederick S. Armitage

• Documentary

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Synopsis

Stage star Anna Held (1872-1918) riffs on her once-famous scene from the comedy Papa's Wife (1899-1901) featuring a naif getting tipsy on her first champagne, in this "photographic interview", filmed in 68mm by Frederick S. Armitage. AM&B's Picture Catalogue of 1902 pitched it as "A stunning picture of the well-known actress in the drinking scene which made such a hit in Papa's Wife. The figure is shown in bust view, making the head very large and giving a clear view of the facial expressions of the beautiful artiste." The company said that both "make hits either in the Biograph [35mm projection service] or Mutoscope" [hand-cranked peep-show viewer].

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Details

Director

Frederick S. Armitage

Studio

American Mutoscope & Biograph

Released

1901-05-23

Language

English

Subjects on the Internet Archive

• Paper Print Collection
• Library of Congress
• American Mutoscope and Biograph
• Anna Held
• mutoscope
• champagne

Cast & crew

• FFrederick S. Armitage Director
• Anna Held

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