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“One of the first film stars, Annabelle made her debut at the Columbian Exposition in 1893. She was a featured performer on Broadway when she was filmed by Dickson in 1894. Her Serpentine and Butterfly Dances were so popular that Dickson filmed her again for the American Mutoscope in 1896.” – Paul Spehr

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“Annabelle’s skirt dances are among the earliest artistic works in film history. Looking directly at us, she turns, crouches, extends her arms, carves the space of the frame with the multi-hued drapes attached to wands in her hands. There are no edits, no camera movements, just a graceful kinetic invocation.” — Robert A. Haller

Annabelle Dances and Dances - Serpentine and Butterfly Dances (1894-1897).mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	5 min 22 s
Size: 	138 MiB
Video
Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	686x480 ~> 686x514
Aspect ratio:  	4:3
Frame rate: 	23.976 fps
Bit rate: 	3 351 kb/s
BPP: 	0.424
Audio
#1:  	2.0ch AC-3 @ 224 kb/s

https://nitro.download/view/21503F9521A388C/Annabelle_Dances_and_Dances_-_Serpentine_and_Butterfly_Dances_(1894-1897).mkv

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