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Monkeyshines, No. 3 (1890)

Monkeyshines, No. 3 poster
Directed by
William Heise, William Kennedy Dickson
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1 min
Rating
3.6 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film shows a blurred figure making large gestures against a white background. It was one of the first motion pictures made in the United States.

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What happens

Monkeyshines, No. 3 é o terceiro e último filme da sequência experimental realizada por William K.L. Dickson e William Heise para o Edison Studios, de Thomas Edison, para testar o formato cilíndrico original do cinetoscópio. Este é um dos primeiros filmes da história e um dos primeiros a ser rodado nos Estados Unidos. Assim como os outros dois filmes da série, Monkeyshines, No. 3 mostra uma figura borrada na posição branca em algum lugar, fazendo grandes gestos, e possuem apenas alguns segundos de duração. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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