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Trilby and Little Billee
(1896) United States of America
B&W : 150 feet
Directed by [?] W.K.L. Dickson?
Cast: (unknown)
American Mutoscope Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope Company. / [?] From the play adaptation Trilby by Paul Potter? of the novel Trilby by George Du Maurier. Cinematography by [?] G.W. Bitzer? / © 18 December 1896 by American Mutoscope Company. Premiered 12 October 1896 at Hammerstein’s Olympia Music Hall Theatre in New York, New York. Released September 1896. / Mutoscope 68mm spherical 1.36:1 format. / Biograph production number 36. The production was shot at approximately 36 frames per second. The film was made for Biograph projection and was shown for the first Biograph system program.
Performance.
Synopsis: [From American Mutoscope promotional materials] This is the studio scene from Du Maurier’s celebrated novel “Trilby,” in which Trilby is introduced sitting on a table, munching a cake and talking to Little Billee, who is seated near by, his elbow resting on the table. Smoking, kissing and laughing make a lively scene.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 24 July 2009.
References: Musser-Emerge p. 148; Robinson-Palace p. 64; Slide-Early p. 12 : Website-AFI.
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