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Early Motion Pictures, 1897-1920


R.F.D., 10,000 B.C. / Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ; producer, Willis H. O'Brien.


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OTHER TITLES
Variant title: On the R.F.D., 10,000 B.C.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1917?]

SUMMARY
An animated mannequin comedy (also known as an O'Brien plastic stop-work comedy) set in prehistoric times. Henry Saurus, the mailman, and Johnny Bearskin, the favored suitor, vie for the affections of Winnie Warclub on Valentine's Day.

NOTES
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison, Inc.; 26Apr17; LP10674.

A Conquest picture.

According to the Kleine catalog, this film was likely never released, although originally intended for release by Forum Films in May 1917 as part of the Edison Conquest program no. 3.

Duration: 3:49 (part 1), 4:04 (part 2), and 4:43 (part 3) at 18 fps.

SUBJECTS
Prehistoric peoples--Drama.
Women, Prehistoric--Drama.
Courtship--Drama.
Valentine's Day--Drama.
Puppet
Time-lapse animation

RELATED NAMES
O'Brien, Willis, 1886-1962, producer.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Kleine (George) Collection (Library of Congress)

MEDIUM
1 reel of 1 (ca. 339 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm. ref print.

CALL NUMBER
FLA 1782 (ref print)

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID
edmp 4062s1 4062s2 4062s3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/edmp.4062

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