'Twas the Night Before Christmas | |  |
Production: Thomas A. Edison, Inc. [N° 7807] USA, 1914
Director: Ashley Miller
Scenario: John H. Collins
Story: Annie Hamilton Donnell
Cast: Harry B. Eytinge [Santa Claus], Andy Clark [The Esquimo], Eldean Steuart [One of the Children], Maurice Steuart [One of the Children], Loel Steuart [One of the Children], Loel Steuart [One of the Children], Janet Dawley [One of the Children]
Category: Short Feature Film
Technical Details: Format: 35 mm, 1:1,33 - Ratio: 1:1,33 - Black and White,, 550 feet, 1 reels
Sound System: silent
First Screening: December 23, 1914 in USA
US Copyright: December 05, 1914 - ©LP.3903
Survival Status: Prints of this picture exist [Archiv: Theodore Huff Memorial Film Society]
Distribution: General Film Company
Remarks and general Information in German: "(...) As a dramatist, Director Collin's 'Stoneheart,' 'Oh, Where is My Wandering Boy Tonight,' and 'Twas the Night before Christmas,' for which he won a gold prize, are instinct with fine dramatic sense. (...)" (Motion Picture News, XII No. 8, pg 64)
Bibliography - The Edison Kinetogram, Vol 11 No 3, December 1914, pg 22
- Motography, December 26, 1914, pp 908, 909
- The Moving Picture World, January 9, 1915, pg 220
- William D. Crump, The Christmas Encyclopedia, McFarland 2013, pg 432
- www.nyu.edu/projects/wke/notes/huff/huff_621218.htm
References in Databases
IMDb - International Movie Data Base Nr. tt0003588
KinoTV Database Nr. 74745
Polski Film Web Nr. 287581
Braff Silent Short Film Index Nr. 23459
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