Cupid's pranks - Scene 1 – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Cupid's pranks - Scene 1 comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Cupid's pranks - Scene 1
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This still comes from *Cupid's Pranks*, a short film from the Edison Manufacturing Company, and the first scene of that production is captured here. The record dates it to about 1908, a period when American studios were turning out brief comic and romantic stories that often drew on familiar figures from mythology. Cupid, the Roman god of love, was a natural choice for a tale about courtship, which the catalog tracings also name as a theme. Edison's company was among the largest film producers of the era, and its early stills and paper prints offer a useful look at how silent-era storytelling was staged.
| Created / published | c1908. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Motion picture still by the Edison Manufacturing Co. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Motion pictures--Scenes and stills--Cupid's pranks; Cupid; Courtship and love; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,124 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-150582 |
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