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Finale of 1st Act, Hoyt’s “Milk White Flag”
(1894) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by W.K.L. Dickson

Cast: (unknown)

Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Raff & Gammon. / From the musical play A Milk White Flag by Charles Hoyt. Cinematography by [?] William Heise? / Released December 1894. / Kinetoscope 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Early Kinetograph camera films were shot at approximately 48 frames per second. One of five films taken of the cast from the stage production.

Performance.

Synopsis: [Raff & Gammon catalog, October 1894, page ?] Finale of 1st Act Hoyt’s “Milk White Flag.” Showing 34 Persons in Costume. The largest number ever shown as one subject in the Kinetoscope.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 20 December 2024.

References: Altman-Sound p. 82; Musser-Emerge pp. 78, 602; Ramsaye-Million pp. 232, 838; Robinson-Palace pp. 44, 63 : Website-IMDb.