Annabelle Serpentine Dance (1895)
- Original title
- Serpentine Dance by Annabelle
- Directed by
- William Heise, William Kennedy Dickson
- Genre
- documentary film, silent film, dance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 42 min
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 20 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is a very short silent film from the 1890s. It shows a woman named Annabelle Moore performing a flowing serpentine dance. The film print was often hand-tinted with colors.
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What happens
Annabelle Serpentine Dance is a short silent American film produced and distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company in 1895. It is one of several released by the studio in the late 19th century. Each version of the short film depicts the popular serpentine dance performed by Annabelle Moore. Many of the prints were distributed in color, which was hand-tinted. In 2024, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Serpentine Dance (1897)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.