''The Barbershop'' is an 1894 American short narrative film directed by William K.L. Dickson and

William Heise William Heise (1847–1910) was a German-born American film cinematographer and director, active in the 1890s and credited for more than 175 short silent films. Heise filmed a "We All Smoke" skit promoting Admiral Cigarettes in 1897. Heise is be ...

. It was produced by the

Edison Manufacturing Company The Edison Manufacturing Company, originally registered as the United Edison Manufacturing Company and often known as simply the Edison Company, was organized by inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Edison and incorporated in New York City in May 188 ...

at the Black Maria Studio, in West Orange, New Jersey. The film was one of the first created for the

Kinetoscope The Kinetoscope is an precursors of film, early motion picture exhibition device, designed for films to be viewed by one person at a time through a peephole viewer window. The Kinetoscope was not a movie projector, but it introduced the basic ...

Plot

In a barbershop, a barber gives a man an incredibly fast shave as two other men sit on each side of the chair.

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* * 1894 films 1890s American films American silent short films American black-and-white films Films shot in New Jersey Films directed by William Kennedy Dickson Films directed by William Heise 1894 short films {{short-silent-film-stub