Carmencita
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1894-03-14
Runtime: 1 mins
Director: William K.L. Dickson, William Heise
Spoken language: No Language
Genres: Documentary
Original title: Carmencita
Production Companies: Edison Studios
Production Countries: United States of America
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