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

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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