''Luis Martinetti, Contortionist'' is an 1894 American short film produced by the
Edison Manufacturing Company. The film, which runs 12.5 seconds, consists of a contortionist act performed by Luis Martinetti of the Martinetti Brothers trapeze act. Martinetti wears tiger-striped tights and performs contortionist poses on a pair of trapeze rings.
The film was shot on October 11, 1894 at the Edison Black Maria studio in
West Orange, New Jersey. The film is preserved by the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and was released on the 2000
DVD box set ''Treasures from American Film Archives'', which was compiled by the
National Film Preservation Foundation.
Credits
*Directed by
William K.L. Dickson
William Kennedy Laurie Dickson (3 August 1860 – 28 September 1935) was a British people, British inventor who devised an early motion picture camera under the employment of Thomas Edison.
Early life
William Kennedy Dickson was born on 3 ...
*Cast: Luis Martinetti as himself
*Cinematography by
William Heise
References
External links
''Luis Martinetti, Contortionist'' at IMDb''Luis Martinetti, Contortionist''on
YouTube''Luis Martinetti, Contortionist'' at the Library of Congress
1894 films
1894 short films
1890s American films
American black-and-white films
American silent short films
Edison Manufacturing Company films
Films directed by William Kennedy Dickson
Films shot in New Jersey
Gymnastics films
Surviving American silent films
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