1
50
10
-
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Early Cinema Titles, 1908-21
Subject
The topic of the resource
American early cinema
Description
An account of the resource
This is a filmographic dataset of American film titles from the period 1908-21. It was originally compiled by Einar Lauritzen and Gunnar Lundquist in the 1970s, then modified by Paul Spehr and Susan Dalton in the 1990s.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Einar Lauritzen, Gunnar Lundquist, Paul Spehr, Susan Dalton
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The American Film-Index
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Derek Long, UW-Madison Department of Communication Arts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1908-21
Language
A language of the resource
English
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Derek Long
Filmographic Record
A filmographic record. Includes information about film titles, personnel, length, companies, etc.
ID
Unique record ID
13
Company
The producing or distributing company. Additional company associations, if known, are listed as named entities. Moving forward, treat this field as the PRODUCING company of a title, rather than its distributor.
Triangle
Year of Release
Year associated w/title (see DTSC)
1916
Month of Release
Month associated w/title (see DTSC)
8
Day of Release
Day of month associated w/title (see DTSC)
26
DTSC
Date source as noted in L&L and original Spehr/Dalton dataset.
Key (see AMERICAN FILM-INDEX, vol. 1, page x):
r - verified release date
m - weekly issue of MOVING PICTURE WORLD where the story of the film is given.
a - weekly issue of MPW where film is advertised
c - only mentioned in the Library of Congress' copyright catalogues, 1894-1912 and 1912-1939
t - only mentioned in the edited text of MPW
p - only mentioned in Motion Pictures from the Library of Congress Paper Print Collection, 1894-1912, by Kemp R. Niver
u - uncertain
m
Reels
Number of Reels
5
Lauritzen Volume
Volume of THE AMERICAN FILM-INDEX (1976) in which the original filmographic listing is contained.
2
Lauritzen Page
Page number on which the original filmographic listing can be found.
193
Named Entity
A named entity associated with the title in question. Additional descriptive metadata about the entity (typically a role) is contained in parentheses.
Triangle (company)
Fine Arts (company)
Powell, Paul (director)
O'Connor, Mary H. (author)
Leezer, John W. (camera operator)
Lucas, Wilfred (cast member)
Love, Bessie (cast member)
Lewis, Ralph (cast member)
Alden, Mary (cast member)
Pallette, Eugene (cast member)
O'Shea, James (cast member)
Hopkins, Clyde (cast member)
Wilkson, Marie (cast member)
Sears, A. D. (cast member)
Brown, Wm. H. (cast member)
Wilson, Tom (cast member)
Blue, Monte (cast member)
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Hell to Pay Austin
1916 (release year)
193
Alden, Mary (cast member)
Blue, Monte (cast member)
Brown, Wm. H. (cast member)
Fine Arts (company)
Hopkins, Clyde (cast member)
Leezer, John W. (camera operator)
Lewis, Ralph (cast member)
Love, Bessie (cast member)
Lucas, Wilfred (cast member)
O'Connor, Mary H. (author)
O'Shea, James (cast member)
Pallette, Eugene (cast member)
Powell, Paul (director)
Sears, A. D. (cast member)
Triangle
Triangle (company)
Wilkson, Marie (cast member)
Wilson, Tom (cast member)
-
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Early Cinema Titles, 1908-21
Subject
The topic of the resource
American early cinema
Description
An account of the resource
This is a filmographic dataset of American film titles from the period 1908-21. It was originally compiled by Einar Lauritzen and Gunnar Lundquist in the 1970s, then modified by Paul Spehr and Susan Dalton in the 1990s.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Einar Lauritzen, Gunnar Lundquist, Paul Spehr, Susan Dalton
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The American Film-Index
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Derek Long, UW-Madison Department of Communication Arts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1908-21
Language
A language of the resource
English
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Derek Long
Filmographic Record
A filmographic record. Includes information about film titles, personnel, length, companies, etc.
ID
Unique record ID
30466
Company
The producing or distributing company. Additional company associations, if known, are listed as named entities. Moving forward, treat this field as the PRODUCING company of a title, rather than its distributor.
Vitagraph
Year of Release
Year associated w/title (see DTSC)
1913
Month of Release
Month associated w/title (see DTSC)
11
Day of Release
Day of month associated w/title (see DTSC)
15
DTSC
Date source as noted in L&L and original Spehr/Dalton dataset.
Key (see AMERICAN FILM-INDEX, vol. 1, page x):
r - verified release date
m - weekly issue of MOVING PICTURE WORLD where the story of the film is given.
a - weekly issue of MPW where film is advertised
c - only mentioned in the Library of Congress' copyright catalogues, 1894-1912 and 1912-1939
t - only mentioned in the edited text of MPW
p - only mentioned in Motion Pictures from the Library of Congress Paper Print Collection, 1894-1912, by Kemp R. Niver
u - uncertain
m
Lauritzen Volume
Volume of THE AMERICAN FILM-INDEX (1976) in which the original filmographic listing is contained.
1
Lauritzen Page
Page number on which the original filmographic listing can be found.
594
Named Entity
A named entity associated with the title in question. Additional descriptive metadata about the entity (typically a role) is contained in parentheses.
Vitagraph (company)
Thornby, Robert T. (director)
O'Connor, Mary H. (author)
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Tangled Threads
1913 (release year)
594
O'Connor, Mary H. (author)
Thornby, Robert T. (director)
Vitagraph
Vitagraph (company)
-
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Early Cinema Titles, 1908-21
Subject
The topic of the resource
American early cinema
Description
An account of the resource
This is a filmographic dataset of American film titles from the period 1908-21. It was originally compiled by Einar Lauritzen and Gunnar Lundquist in the 1970s, then modified by Paul Spehr and Susan Dalton in the 1990s.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Einar Lauritzen, Gunnar Lundquist, Paul Spehr, Susan Dalton
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The American Film-Index
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Derek Long, UW-Madison Department of Communication Arts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1908-21
Language
A language of the resource
English
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Derek Long
Filmographic Record
A filmographic record. Includes information about film titles, personnel, length, companies, etc.
ID
Unique record ID
26899
Company
The producing or distributing company. Additional company associations, if known, are listed as named entities. Moving forward, treat this field as the PRODUCING company of a title, rather than its distributor.
Vitagraph
Year of Release
Year associated w/title (see DTSC)
1913
Month of Release
Month associated w/title (see DTSC)
12
Day of Release
Day of month associated w/title (see DTSC)
6
DTSC
Date source as noted in L&L and original Spehr/Dalton dataset.
Key (see AMERICAN FILM-INDEX, vol. 1, page x):
r - verified release date
m - weekly issue of MOVING PICTURE WORLD where the story of the film is given.
a - weekly issue of MPW where film is advertised
c - only mentioned in the Library of Congress' copyright catalogues, 1894-1912 and 1912-1939
t - only mentioned in the edited text of MPW
p - only mentioned in Motion Pictures from the Library of Congress Paper Print Collection, 1894-1912, by Kemp R. Niver
u - uncertain
m
Lauritzen Volume
Volume of THE AMERICAN FILM-INDEX (1976) in which the original filmographic listing is contained.
2
Lauritzen Page
Page number on which the original filmographic listing can be found.
597
Named Entity
A named entity associated with the title in question. Additional descriptive metadata about the entity (typically a role) is contained in parentheses.
Vitagraph (company)
Kirkland, Hardee (director)
O'Connor, Mary H. (author)
Holt, George (cast member)
Gonzales, Myrtle (cast member)
Schaefer, Anne (cast member)
Novak, Jane (cast member)
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Sacrifice
1913 (release year)
597
Gonzales, Myrtle (cast member)
Holt, George (cast member)
Kirkland, Hardee (director)
Novak, Jane (cast member)
O'Connor, Mary H. (author)
Schaefer, Anne (cast member)
Vitagraph
Vitagraph (company)
-
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Early Cinema Titles, 1908-21
Subject
The topic of the resource
American early cinema
Description
An account of the resource
This is a filmographic dataset of American film titles from the period 1908-21. It was originally compiled by Einar Lauritzen and Gunnar Lundquist in the 1970s, then modified by Paul Spehr and Susan Dalton in the 1990s.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Einar Lauritzen, Gunnar Lundquist, Paul Spehr, Susan Dalton
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The American Film-Index
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Derek Long, UW-Madison Department of Communication Arts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1908-21
Language
A language of the resource
English
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Derek Long
Filmographic Record
A filmographic record. Includes information about film titles, personnel, length, companies, etc.
ID
Unique record ID
23716
Company
The producing or distributing company. Additional company associations, if known, are listed as named entities. Moving forward, treat this field as the PRODUCING company of a title, rather than its distributor.
Mica
Year of Release
Year associated w/title (see DTSC)
1915
Month of Release
Month associated w/title (see DTSC)
1
Day of Release
Day of month associated w/title (see DTSC)
30
DTSC
Date source as noted in L&L and original Spehr/Dalton dataset.
Key (see AMERICAN FILM-INDEX, vol. 1, page x):
r - verified release date
m - weekly issue of MOVING PICTURE WORLD where the story of the film is given.
a - weekly issue of MPW where film is advertised
c - only mentioned in the Library of Congress' copyright catalogues, 1894-1912 and 1912-1939
t - only mentioned in the edited text of MPW
p - only mentioned in Motion Pictures from the Library of Congress Paper Print Collection, 1894-1912, by Kemp R. Niver
u - uncertain
m
Lauritzen Volume
Volume of THE AMERICAN FILM-INDEX (1976) in which the original filmographic listing is contained.
1
Lauritzen Page
Page number on which the original filmographic listing can be found.
464
Named Entity
A named entity associated with the title in question. Additional descriptive metadata about the entity (typically a role) is contained in parentheses.
Mica (company)
Alhambra (company)
O'Connor, Mary H. (author)
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Paris Hat, The
1915 (release year)
464
Alhambra (company)
Mica
Mica (company)
O'Connor, Mary H. (author)
-
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Early Cinema Titles, 1908-21
Subject
The topic of the resource
American early cinema
Description
An account of the resource
This is a filmographic dataset of American film titles from the period 1908-21. It was originally compiled by Einar Lauritzen and Gunnar Lundquist in the 1970s, then modified by Paul Spehr and Susan Dalton in the 1990s.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Einar Lauritzen, Gunnar Lundquist, Paul Spehr, Susan Dalton
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The American Film-Index
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Derek Long, UW-Madison Department of Communication Arts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1908-21
Language
A language of the resource
English
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Derek Long
Filmographic Record
A filmographic record. Includes information about film titles, personnel, length, companies, etc.
ID
Unique record ID
18877
Company
The producing or distributing company. Additional company associations, if known, are listed as named entities. Moving forward, treat this field as the PRODUCING company of a title, rather than its distributor.
Vitagraph
Year of Release
Year associated w/title (see DTSC)
1914
Month of Release
Month associated w/title (see DTSC)
12
Day of Release
Day of month associated w/title (see DTSC)
26
DTSC
Date source as noted in L&L and original Spehr/Dalton dataset.
Key (see AMERICAN FILM-INDEX, vol. 1, page x):
r - verified release date
m - weekly issue of MOVING PICTURE WORLD where the story of the film is given.
a - weekly issue of MPW where film is advertised
c - only mentioned in the Library of Congress' copyright catalogues, 1894-1912 and 1912-1939
t - only mentioned in the edited text of MPW
p - only mentioned in Motion Pictures from the Library of Congress Paper Print Collection, 1894-1912, by Kemp R. Niver
u - uncertain
m
Lauritzen Volume
Volume of THE AMERICAN FILM-INDEX (1976) in which the original filmographic listing is contained.
1
Lauritzen Page
Page number on which the original filmographic listing can be found.
369
Named Entity
A named entity associated with the title in question. Additional descriptive metadata about the entity (typically a role) is contained in parentheses.
Vitagraph (company)
Davis, Ulysses (director)
O'Connor, Mary H. (author)
Gibson, Margaret (cast member)
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Love Will Out
1914 (release year)
369
Davis, Ulysses (director)
Gibson, Margaret (cast member)
O'Connor, Mary H. (author)
Vitagraph
Vitagraph (company)
-
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Early Cinema Titles, 1908-21
Subject
The topic of the resource
American early cinema
Description
An account of the resource
This is a filmographic dataset of American film titles from the period 1908-21. It was originally compiled by Einar Lauritzen and Gunnar Lundquist in the 1970s, then modified by Paul Spehr and Susan Dalton in the 1990s.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Einar Lauritzen, Gunnar Lundquist, Paul Spehr, Susan Dalton
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The American Film-Index
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Derek Long, UW-Madison Department of Communication Arts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1908-21
Language
A language of the resource
English
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Derek Long
Filmographic Record
A filmographic record. Includes information about film titles, personnel, length, companies, etc.
ID
Unique record ID
18366
Company
The producing or distributing company. Additional company associations, if known, are listed as named entities. Moving forward, treat this field as the PRODUCING company of a title, rather than its distributor.
American
Year of Release
Year associated w/title (see DTSC)
1915
Month of Release
Month associated w/title (see DTSC)
6
Day of Release
Day of month associated w/title (see DTSC)
5
DTSC
Date source as noted in L&L and original Spehr/Dalton dataset.
Key (see AMERICAN FILM-INDEX, vol. 1, page x):
r - verified release date
m - weekly issue of MOVING PICTURE WORLD where the story of the film is given.
a - weekly issue of MPW where film is advertised
c - only mentioned in the Library of Congress' copyright catalogues, 1894-1912 and 1912-1939
t - only mentioned in the edited text of MPW
p - only mentioned in Motion Pictures from the Library of Congress Paper Print Collection, 1894-1912, by Kemp R. Niver
u - uncertain
m
Lauritzen Volume
Volume of THE AMERICAN FILM-INDEX (1976) in which the original filmographic listing is contained.
1
Lauritzen Page
Page number on which the original filmographic listing can be found.
357
Named Entity
A named entity associated with the title in question. Additional descriptive metadata about the entity (typically a role) is contained in parentheses.
American (company)
Pollard, Harry (director)
O'Connor, Mary H. (author)
Fischer, Margarita (cast member)
Carroll, Wm. A. (cast member)
Ward, Lucille (cast member)
Singleton, Joseph E. (cast member)
Adair, Robyn (cast member)
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Lonesome Heart
1915 (release year)
357
Adair, Robyn (cast member)
American
American (company)
Carroll, Wm. A. (cast member)
Fischer, Margarita (cast member)
O'Connor, Mary H. (author)
Pollard, Harry (director)
Singleton, Joseph E. (cast member)
Ward, Lucille (cast member)
-
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Early Cinema Titles, 1908-21
Subject
The topic of the resource
American early cinema
Description
An account of the resource
This is a filmographic dataset of American film titles from the period 1908-21. It was originally compiled by Einar Lauritzen and Gunnar Lundquist in the 1970s, then modified by Paul Spehr and Susan Dalton in the 1990s.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Einar Lauritzen, Gunnar Lundquist, Paul Spehr, Susan Dalton
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The American Film-Index
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Derek Long, UW-Madison Department of Communication Arts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1908-21
Language
A language of the resource
English
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Derek Long
Filmographic Record
A filmographic record. Includes information about film titles, personnel, length, companies, etc.
Company
The producing or distributing company. Additional company associations, if known, are listed as named entities. Moving forward, treat this field as the PRODUCING company of a title, rather than its distributor.
Vitagraph
Year of Release
Year associated w/title (see DTSC)
1914
Month of Release
Month associated w/title (see DTSC)
3
Day of Release
Day of month associated w/title (see DTSC)
14
DTSC
Date source as noted in L&L and original Spehr/Dalton dataset.
Key (see AMERICAN FILM-INDEX, vol. 1, page x):
r - verified release date
m - weekly issue of MOVING PICTURE WORLD where the story of the film is given.
a - weekly issue of MPW where film is advertised
c - only mentioned in the Library of Congress' copyright catalogues, 1894-1912 and 1912-1939
t - only mentioned in the edited text of MPW
p - only mentioned in Motion Pictures from the Library of Congress Paper Print Collection, 1894-1912, by Kemp R. Niver
u - uncertain
m
Lauritzen Volume
Volume of THE AMERICAN FILM-INDEX (1976) in which the original filmographic listing is contained.
2
Lauritzen Page
Page number on which the original filmographic listing can be found.
571
Named Entity
A named entity associated with the title in question. Additional descriptive metadata about the entity (typically a role) is contained in parentheses.
Vitagraph (company)
Bauman, W. J. (director)
O'Connor, Mary H. (author)
Gonzales, Myrtle (cast member)
Cooper, George (cast member)
Gibson, Margaret (cast member)
Holt, George (cast member)
Novak, Jane (cast member)
Vitagraph (company)
Bauman, W. J. (director)
O'Connor, Mary H. (author)
Gonzales, Myrtle (cast member)
Cooper, George (cast member)
Gibson, Margaret (cast member)
Holt, George (cast member)
Novak, Jane (cast member)
Dublin Core
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Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
10977
Title
A name given to the resource
Ghosts, The
1914 (release year)
Bauman, W. J. (director)
Cooper, George (cast member)
Gibson, Margaret (cast member)
Gonzales, Myrtle (cast member)
Holt, George (cast member)
Novak, Jane (cast member)
O'Connor, Mary H. (author)
Vitagraph
Vitagraph (company)
-
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Early Cinema Titles, 1908-21
Subject
The topic of the resource
American early cinema
Description
An account of the resource
This is a filmographic dataset of American film titles from the period 1908-21. It was originally compiled by Einar Lauritzen and Gunnar Lundquist in the 1970s, then modified by Paul Spehr and Susan Dalton in the 1990s.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Einar Lauritzen, Gunnar Lundquist, Paul Spehr, Susan Dalton
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The American Film-Index
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Derek Long, UW-Madison Department of Communication Arts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1908-21
Language
A language of the resource
English
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Derek Long
Filmographic Record
A filmographic record. Includes information about film titles, personnel, length, companies, etc.
Company
The producing or distributing company. Additional company associations, if known, are listed as named entities. Moving forward, treat this field as the PRODUCING company of a title, rather than its distributor.
Vitagraph
Year of Release
Year associated w/title (see DTSC)
1913
Month of Release
Month associated w/title (see DTSC)
12
Day of Release
Day of month associated w/title (see DTSC)
6
DTSC
Date source as noted in L&L and original Spehr/Dalton dataset.
Key (see AMERICAN FILM-INDEX, vol. 1, page x):
r - verified release date
m - weekly issue of MOVING PICTURE WORLD where the story of the film is given.
a - weekly issue of MPW where film is advertised
c - only mentioned in the Library of Congress' copyright catalogues, 1894-1912 and 1912-1939
t - only mentioned in the edited text of MPW
p - only mentioned in Motion Pictures from the Library of Congress Paper Print Collection, 1894-1912, by Kemp R. Niver
u - uncertain
m
Lauritzen Volume
Volume of THE AMERICAN FILM-INDEX (1976) in which the original filmographic listing is contained.
1
Lauritzen Page
Page number on which the original filmographic listing can be found.
137
Named Entity
A named entity associated with the title in question. Additional descriptive metadata about the entity (typically a role) is contained in parentheses.
Vitagraph (company)
Bauman, W. J. (director)
O'Connor, Mary H. (author)
Gonzales, Myrtle (cast member)
Novak, Jane (cast member)
Colmesnil, Thomas (cast member)
Holt, George (cast member)
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
6934
Title
A name given to the resource
Deception
1913 (release year)
Bauman, W. J. (director)
Colmesnil, Thomas (cast member)
Gonzales, Myrtle (cast member)
Holt, George (cast member)
Novak, Jane (cast member)
O'Connor, Mary H. (author)
Vitagraph
Vitagraph (company)
-
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Early Cinema Titles, 1908-21
Subject
The topic of the resource
American early cinema
Description
An account of the resource
This is a filmographic dataset of American film titles from the period 1908-21. It was originally compiled by Einar Lauritzen and Gunnar Lundquist in the 1970s, then modified by Paul Spehr and Susan Dalton in the 1990s.
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Einar Lauritzen, Gunnar Lundquist, Paul Spehr, Susan Dalton
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
The American Film-Index
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Derek Long, UW-Madison Department of Communication Arts
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1908-21
Language
A language of the resource
English
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Derek Long
Filmographic Record
A filmographic record. Includes information about film titles, personnel, length, companies, etc.
Company
The producing or distributing company. Additional company associations, if known, are listed as named entities. Moving forward, treat this field as the PRODUCING company of a title, rather than its distributor.
Majestic
Year of Release
Year associated w/title (see DTSC)
1915
Month of Release
Month associated w/title (see DTSC)
8
Day of Release
Day of month associated w/title (see DTSC)
21
DTSC
Date source as noted in L&L and original Spehr/Dalton dataset.
Key (see AMERICAN FILM-INDEX, vol. 1, page x):
r - verified release date
m - weekly issue of MOVING PICTURE WORLD where the story of the film is given.
a - weekly issue of MPW where film is advertised
c - only mentioned in the Library of Congress' copyright catalogues, 1894-1912 and 1912-1939
t - only mentioned in the edited text of MPW
p - only mentioned in Motion Pictures from the Library of Congress Paper Print Collection, 1894-1912, by Kemp R. Niver
u - uncertain
m
Lauritzen Volume
Volume of THE AMERICAN FILM-INDEX (1976) in which the original filmographic listing is contained.
1
Lauritzen Page
Page number on which the original filmographic listing can be found.
96
Named Entity
A named entity associated with the title in question. Additional descriptive metadata about the entity (typically a role) is contained in parentheses.
Majestic (company)
O'Connor, Mary H. (author)
Sampson, Teddy (cast member)
Borzage, Frank (cast member)
Aitken, Spottiswoode (cast member)
Dublin Core
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Identifier
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5003
Title
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Child of the Surf, A
1915 (release year)
Aitken, Spottiswoode (cast member)
Borzage, Frank (cast member)
Majestic
Majestic (company)
O'Connor, Mary H. (author)
Sampson, Teddy (cast member)
-
Dublin Core
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Title
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Early Cinema Titles, 1908-21
Subject
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American early cinema
Description
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This is a filmographic dataset of American film titles from the period 1908-21. It was originally compiled by Einar Lauritzen and Gunnar Lundquist in the 1970s, then modified by Paul Spehr and Susan Dalton in the 1990s.
Creator
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Einar Lauritzen, Gunnar Lundquist, Paul Spehr, Susan Dalton
Source
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The American Film-Index
Publisher
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Derek Long, UW-Madison Department of Communication Arts
Date
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1908-21
Language
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English
Contributor
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Derek Long
Filmographic Record
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Company
The producing or distributing company. Additional company associations, if known, are listed as named entities. Moving forward, treat this field as the PRODUCING company of a title, rather than its distributor.
Vitagraph
Year of Release
Year associated w/title (see DTSC)
1913
Month of Release
Month associated w/title (see DTSC)
12
Day of Release
Day of month associated w/title (see DTSC)
6
DTSC
Date source as noted in L&L and original Spehr/Dalton dataset.
Key (see AMERICAN FILM-INDEX, vol. 1, page x):
r - verified release date
m - weekly issue of MOVING PICTURE WORLD where the story of the film is given.
a - weekly issue of MPW where film is advertised
c - only mentioned in the Library of Congress' copyright catalogues, 1894-1912 and 1912-1939
t - only mentioned in the edited text of MPW
p - only mentioned in Motion Pictures from the Library of Congress Paper Print Collection, 1894-1912, by Kemp R. Niver
u - uncertain
m
Lauritzen Volume
Volume of THE AMERICAN FILM-INDEX (1976) in which the original filmographic listing is contained.
1
Lauritzen Page
Page number on which the original filmographic listing can be found.
32
Named Entity
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Vitagraph (company)
Thornby, Robert (director)
O'Connor, Mary H. (author)
Dublin Core
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Identifier
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1557
Title
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Back to Eden
1913 (release year)
O'Connor, Mary H. (author)
Thornby, Robert (director)
Vitagraph
Vitagraph (company)