Anna Held (1901)

Stage star Anna Held (1872-1918) riffs on her once-famous scene from the comedy Papa's Wife (1899-1901) featuring a naif getting tipsy on her first champagne, in this "photographic interview", filmed in 68mm by Frederick S. Armitage. AM&B's Picture Catalogue of 1902 pitched it as "A stunning picture of the well-known actress in the drinking scene which made such a hit in Papa's Wife. The figure is shown in bust view, making the head very large and giving a clear view of the facial expressions of the beautiful artiste." The company said that both "make hits either in the Biograph [35mm projection service] or Mutoscope" [hand-cranked peep-show viewer].

Released May 23, 1901 1 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Short

Keywords: mdblist.imdb-short, mdblist.one-actor, imdb.character-name-as-title, imdb.two-word-title, imdb.year-1901, imdb.1900s, imdb.20th-century, imdb.new-york-city

Production Companies: American Mutoscope & Biograph

Country: United States
Production Country: United States
Languages: No Language, English