Accordion Player (1888)
1m
Running Time
January 1, 1888Release Date
Accordion Player (1888)
1m
Running Time
January 1, 1888Release Date
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Plot.
The last remaining film of Le Prince's LPCCP Type-1 MkII single-lens camera is a sequence of frames of his son, Adolphe Le Prince, playing a diatonic button accordion. It was recorded on the steps of the house of Joseph Whitley, Adolphe's grandfather.
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One of the oldest films in film history, The accordion Player, was directed by the French inventor Louis Le Prince and features a sequence of frames of his son playing an accordion. It was filmed on the stairs of Joseph Whitley's house. There is a chance that the date of recording is 1886. The National Museum of the Media of England has a copy of the original frames. An amateur version of the first 17 frames can be found on the internet.
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