Fred Ott
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Frederick P. Ott (1860, New Jersey – 24 October, 1936, West Orange, New Jersey) was an employee of Thomas Edison's laboratory in the 1890s. His likeness appears in two of the earliest surviving motion pictures – Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (a.k.a. Fred Ott's Sneeze) and Fred Ott Holding a Bird – both from 1894.
In the film Ott takes a pinch of snuff, which causes him to sneeze.
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Informatica
Also known as "Sneeze"
Created & published by Edison Manufacturing Co., 1894.
SUMMARY Film made for publicity purposes, as a series of still photographs to accompany an article in Harper's weekly.
NOTES Copyright: W. K. L. Dickson; January 9,1894.
Camera operated by William Heise.
The duration of this film was five seconds at sixteen frames per second (80 frames).
Filmed in Edison's Black Maria studio.
Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997, p. 87.
1 reel (ca. 4 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. ref print. 1 roll of 1 (ca. 4 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos.
Reposited in the Hendricks (Gordon) Collection; Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USACALL NUMBER no shelf no. LC 26A (paper pos); DIGITAL ID edmp 0026A urn:hdl:loc.mbrsmi/edmp.0026A [1] (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/edmp.0026A)
See also
- William Kennedy-Laurie Dickson, 1860-1935, production.
- History of cinema
- Kinetoscope
- 1894 in film
External links
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- Edison kinetoscopic record of a sneeze, January 7, 1894, Library of Congress (http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/edmp.0026A)
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