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Edward Boulden (center).
Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.
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The Five Bachelors
Also known as The Jolly Bachelors in the USA : [The Five Jolly Bachelors]
(1913) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Allan Ramsay
Cast: Edward Boulden [the initiation victim], O.J. McCormack [a member of the club, the baritone member of The Edison Quartette], George W. Ballard [a member of the club, the tenor member of The Edison Quartette], Leo Parmet [a member of the club, a member of The Edison Quartette], H.L. Wilson [a member of the club, a member of The Edison Quartette], [?] ? [the butler].
Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated, production; distributed by The American Talking Picture Company, Incorporated. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Kinetophone sound-on-cylinder synchronized sound system. / Edison production number [?] 5003 or 5032? The production was shot on [?] 7 December 1912 or 16 February 1913? at the Edison Bronx, New York, studio. The film’s Kinetophone sound cylinder has survived [National Park Service object catalog number EDIS 4632]. / Full-sound film.
Comedy.
Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Early sound film - Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 30 September 2018.
References: Robinson-Palace p. 164 : Website-InterArchive.
Home video: DVD.
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