How Washington Crossed the Delaware (General Film, 1912). One Sheet (26.5" X 38.5")....

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How Washington Crossed the Delaware (General Film, 1912). One Sheet (26.5" X 38.5"). An early Edison short, this film, recreating a popular historic story, was directed by Edison mainstay J. Searle Dawley, recognized today as the first motion picture director (before Dawley, films had largely been "directed" by the cameraman. Dawley was the first to approach the process as we understand it today). Joining him in this effort were cast members Mary Fuller - renowned today as the first screen serial heroine - and Charles Ogle, who had both worked with Dawley in 1910 to bring the very first adaptation of Mary Shelley's immortal novel, Frankenstein, to the screen, with Fuller as Elizabeth and Ogle as the Creature. This film, most likely a one-reeler, was probably filmed in Dawley's studio in Long Beach, California, as we know that he relocated to the West Coast sometime in 1910 to provide the Edison Company with a presence there. Dawley was a true film pioneer, every bit as important to the development of early motion pictures as Edison himself, and paper from these early efforts is exceptionally rare. This particular example, obviously produced for a French (or possibly Canadian) release of the film, had fold wear with some crossfold separation, as well as a single pinhole in the image area, to the left of center. Nonetheless, it is an extremely attractive piece, displaying bold, vivid colors, and an important piece of cinema history. Very Fine on Linen.

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