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The Barbershop

  • 18941894
  • 1m
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5.3/10
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The Barbershop (1894)
  • Documentary
  • Short
Customer gets a lightning-fast shave.Customer gets a lightning-fast shave.Customer gets a lightning-fast shave.
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  • Directors
    • William K.L. Dickson
    • William Heise
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  • Directors
    • William K.L. Dickson
    • William Heise
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    • 11User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    • Trivia
      The barber on the film is an uknown Greek immigrant. That means that he is the first Greek "actor" in cinema history.
    • Connections
      Edited into Landmarks of Early Film (1997)

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    2/10
    Not worth two views
    Yes those were the days when you could get a shave and a haircut for a nickel (according to the sign behind the barber). This barber shop is on the stage in the Black Maria studio - so called because, to some people, the weird design of this building made them think of a horse-drawn police paddy-wagon that was called a "Black Maria" - at the Edison laboratory. The barber is working on a customer while a man sits screen-right. Another customer enters and sits in a vacant chair screen-left. The man-on-the-right gets up and briefly shows the man-on-the-left something in the newspaper he is holding. All this takes about 20-seconds. Then for some unknown reason, the entire scene is shown over again to produce a 40-second Kinetoscope presentation.
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    • jhaugh
    • Mar 17, 2003

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    • Release date
      • 1894 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • None
    • Also known as
      • The Barber Shop
    • Filming locations
      • Black Maria Studio, West Orange, New Jersey, USA
    • Production company
      • Edison Manufacturing Company
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    • Runtime
      1 minute
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent

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