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this short, were uncredited in their roles on screen and in print, as were the rest of Biograph's relatively small staff of "photoplayers" in the studio's productions in 1909. At that time, Lawrence was already gaining widespread celebrity among filmgoers. Few people, though, outside the motion picture industry knew her name, so the actress was referred to by admirers and in news publications as simply "the Biograph girl".
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annoyed by activities and noises that surround him. He must cope with the rambunctious behavior of his young nephew Fritz playing a trombone, a squawking pet bird, a phonograph, and tolerate his wife and another musician practicing the violin. The following summary of the screenplay, which is from Kemp R. Niver's extensive 1985 reference
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otherwise disturbs the composer. This goes on until, late at night, the composer can be seen sitting up while the rest of the household sleeps. Two burglars enter, and the composer, pistol in hand, pays them to remove the various noise-making devices from the house. As an afterthought, he gives them the parrot in its cage.
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by Bruce F. Kawin (New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1987, pp. 46-47), a full 1000-foot reel of film in the silent era had, on average, a maximum running time of 15 minutes. Also, silent films were generally projected at a "standard" speed of 16 frames per second, much slower than the 24 frames
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is made more difficult by the fact that the studio, as a matter of company policy, did not begin publicly crediting its performers on screen, in trade publications, or in newspaper advertisements until four years after this short's release. John R. Cumpson and Florence Lawrence, although co-stars in
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to produce a positive print for screening. Those copies were made as part of a preservation project carried out during the 1950s and early 1960s by Kemp R. Niver and other LC staff, who restored more than 3,000 early paper rolls of film images from the library's collection and created safety-stock
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The film depicts the mounting frustrations experienced by Mr. Schneider, who is living with his wife in an apartment. There he is trying desperately to concentrate on writing a special composition or "poetic effusion" for his "Liederkranz" (choir) while being repeatedly distracted and increasingly
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In this film, a woman (Florence Lawrence) married to a composer (John Cumpson) is visited by a large woman and her young son. After enthusiastic greetings, the composer goes back to work and the little boy begins to cause trouble. He teases the parrot until it screeches, plays the trombone, and
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In the months after the film's release, most published comments about the Biograph production are not independent, non-biased assessments; instead, they are from advertisers or theater owners who simply had commercial interests in attracting audiences. Also, to widen the appeal of
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protection for their productions. While the LC's paper roll of the film is certainly not projectable, a negative copy of the roll's paper images was made and transferred onto modern polyester-based
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in Louisville, Kentucky in its April 26, 1909 issue informs local residents that to mark the "second week of vaudeville" at the city's Hopkins Theatre, audiences could enjoy acts by
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to be refreshing and wholesome entertainment, describing it to readers as "a clean bit of comedy" and "a welcome relief from some of the inane things that pass for comedy."
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The screenplay for this short is credited to D. W. Griffith, who also directed the picture at Biograph's main studio, which in 1909 was located inside a large renovated
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shows at the time, many theatres routinely presented several films or "photoplays" to complement the traditional offerings of live stage performances. The
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circulated to theaters throughout the United States for the next year. The two shorts were widely promoted in newspapers and in
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preserved in the Library of Congress is numbered "FLA5690"; the negative copy, "FRA2528".
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Another plot summary of the film can be found on page 412 in 3 April 1909 issue of
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Graham, Cooper C.; Higgins, Steve; Mancini, Elaine; Viera, João Luiz. Entry for
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Early Motion Pictures: The Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress
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Florence Lawrence, The Biograph Girl: America's First Movie Star
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A 1909 promotion of this comedy with other split-reel releases
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Identifying cast members in early Biograph releases such as
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paper rolls of both motion pictures, as well as projectable
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Photographic prints and a film negative and positive of
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Newspaper ad for film at outdoor "Air Dome" theater in
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G. W. "Billy" Bitzer and his assistant Arthur Marvin.
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D. W. Griffith
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Manhattan
Arthur Marvin
G. W. Bitzer
split-reel
silent
D. W. Griffith
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
John R. Cumpson
Florence Lawrence
short
split reel
A Rude Hostess
contact-print
safety-stock
Library of Congress
John R. Cumpson
Florence Lawrence
Anita Hendrie
Arthur V. Johnson
Jeanie MacPherson
Owen Moore
Herbert Prior
Tony O'Sullivan
Clara T. Bracy
Mack Sennett

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