Anna Held

Duration: 1 min
Release date: 1901-05-23
IMDB

Stage star Anna Held (1872-1918) riffs on her once-famous scene from the comedy Papa's Wife (1899-1901) featuring a naif getting tipsy on her first champagne, in this "photographic interview", filmed in 68mm by Frederick S. Armitage. AM&B's Picture Catalogue of 1902 pitched it as "A stunning picture of the well-known actress in the drinking scene which made such a hit in Papa's Wife. The figure is shown in bust view, making the head very large and giving a clear view of the facial expressions of the beautiful artiste." The company said that both "make hits either in the Biograph [35mm projection service] or Mutoscope" [hand-cranked peep-show viewer].

Documentary

Anna Held

Casting arrow_drop_down

arrow_drop_down

Recomendation Films

  • Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre
  • Hasta los huesos
  • Trail to San Antone
  • The Phantom Stockman
  • The Shock Punch
  • Reisen til havet
  • Alleen Hier
  • El misterio de los almendros
  • 時光
  • Iliuzijos
  • Le Dernier des six
  • Born2Race
  • Nafta
  • The Evil Marriage
  • Grindsploitation 5: Schlocksploitation

NextFilm 2025