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Carmencita

Documentary
5.2·1894·0h 1m

The first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and possibly the first woman to appear in a motion picture within the United Sta...

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Carmencita

Carmencita

Herself

DIRECTORS

William K.L. Dickson, William Heise

OVERVIEW

The first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and possibly the first woman to appear in a motion picture within the United States. In the film, Carmencita is recorded going through a routine she had been performing at Koster & Bial's in New York since February 1890.