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The Midnight Son
(1900) England
B&W : Short film
Directed by Walter Gibbons

Cast: Vesta Tilley

Gibbons’ Bio-Tableaux production. / Produced by Walter Gibbons. / Released November 1900. / [?] Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? Phono-Bio-Tableaux [?] sound-on-cylinder? synchronized sound system. / [?] Same film as The Midnight Sun (1901)?

Performance.

Synopsis: Tilley performs the song “The Midnight Son.”

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Early sound film - Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 9 October 2022.

References: Gifford-British nn. 00373, 00374 : Website-IMDb.