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How Old is Ann?
(1903) United States of America
B&W : [?] 90 or 118? feet
Directed by [?] Edwin S. Porter?
Cast: (unknown)
Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / Cinematography by Edwin S. Porter. / © 15 December 1903 by Thomas A. Edison [H39575]. © 1904 by Siegmund Lubin. Released December 1903. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot on 11 December 1903. The film was illegally duplicated, copyrighted(!) and distributed in the USA by Lubin Manufacturing Company in 1904.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [From Edison promotional materials] Scene 1. — Bust picture of a man seated at desk, reading paper on back of which in large letters is “How Old Is Ann?” Turning paper over, this meets his eye; he lays the paper down, with a sarcastic smile. He begins to figure with pencil and pad. After several attempts he begins to tear his hair. Scene 2. — Shows him in a padded cell, where he is trying to beat his brains out against the wall. // [From Lubin promotional materials] : A large figure of a man seated behind a table reading a paper is first seen. On the side of the paper toward the audience, one can plainly read the words, “How old is Ann?” Turning the paper over this meets his eyes; he lays the paper down with a sarcastic smile and begins to figure with pencil and pad. After several attempts, he becomes excited and tears his hair. Scene 2 shows him in a padded cell. A large blackboard is hanging on the wall at the top of which are the words, “How old is Ann?” The inmate of the cell looks up and observes the words, and springing to his feet, and seizing a piece of chalk, he attempts to do the problem again, but fails and he tries to dash his brains out against the wall.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 15 April 2024.
References: Fell-History p. 36 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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