| Carmencita | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Carmencita.jpg) Screencap from the short film Carmencita | |
| Directed by | William K.L. Dickson |
| Produced by | William K.L. Dickson |
| Starring | Carmencita |
| Cinematography | William Heise |
Release date |
|
Running time | 0:21 at 30 frames per second |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent |
Carmencita is an 1894 American short black-and-white silent documentary film directed and produced by William K.L. Dickson, the Scottish inventor credited with the invention of the motion picture camera under the employ of Thomas Edison. The film is titled after the dancer who features in it.
This film is one of a series of Edison short films featuring circus and vaudeville acts. It features the dancer Carmencita going through a routine she had been performing at Koster and Bial's Music Hall in New York City since February 1890.[1] According to film historian Charles Musser, Carmencita was the first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and may have been the first woman to appear in a motion picture within the United States.[1][2][3]
- ^ a b "Library of Congress American Memory". Retrieved March 10, 2007.
- ^ Musser, Charles (1997). Edison Motion Pictures, 1890-1900: An Annotated Filmography. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 34–35. ISBN 1-56098-567-4.
- ^ Ramsaye, Terry (May 1922). "The Romantic History of the Motion Picture". Photoplay. 22 (6). New York City: Photoplay Publishing Company: 32–35, 95. Retrieved February 26, 2015.