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Waiting at the Church (1906 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Waiting at the Church' is a 1906 American silent film directed by Edwin S. Porter for the Edison Manufacturing Company.
The film has been preserved in the Library of Congress collection.'Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress', (<-book title) p.203 c.1978 by The American Film Institute
Production and release
The film features a performance of the popular British music hall song Waiting at the Church by Vesta Victoria.Bold, Christine (2011). 'The Oxford History of Popular Print Culture: Volume Six: US Popular Print Culture 1860-1920.' Oxford University Press, Film historian Charles Musser notes that 'Waiting at the Church' was Edison's lowest-selling film of the year, at 52 copies, compared to 'Dream of a Rarebit Fiend', which sold 192.Musser, Charles (1994). 'The Emergence of Cinema: The American Screen to 1907, Volume 1.' University of California Press,
The action in the film follows the lyrics of the song. Porter made another film to accompany the song for the Novelty Song Film Co. in 1907. That version focuses more on the singer's performance.Altman, Rick (2004). 'Silent Film Sound.' Columbia University Press,
Cast
*Vesta Victoria - Vesta
*Alec B. Francis - suitor
References
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