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The Burglar on the Roof
(1898) United States of America
B&W : 45 feet
Directed by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith
Cast: J. Stuart Blackton, Mrs. Olsen, Ernest Oakes, Charles Urban, Ronald A. Reader
American Vitagraph Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / Cinematography by Albert E. Smith. / © 12 December 1898 by [?] Thomas A. Edison? Premiered October 1898. / [?] Kinetoscope 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? / The production was shot at Vitagraph’s rooftop studio at 140 Nassau Street in New York, New York, in September 1898. [?] Slide-BigV p. 8 states that the film was shot on the Morse Building roof (Vitagraph’s offices) on 16 May 1897 (probably an error for 1898).
Drama: Crime.
Survival status: Print exists in the George Eastman Museum film archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Burglary - Rooftops - Skylights
Listing updated: 25 January 2009.
References: Leyda-Before pp. 42, 43, 57, 80, 97; Musser-Emerge pp. 272, 599; Shipman-Cinema p. 16; Slide-BigV pp. 8, 169; Slide-Early p. 15.
Home video: DVD.
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