Fred Ott in mid-sneeze

Frederick P. Ott (1860, New Jersey – 24 October 1936, West Orange, New Jersey) was an employee of Thomas Edison's laboratory in the 1890s. His likeness appears in two of the earliest surviving motion pictures – Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (a.k.a. Fred Ott's Sneeze) and Fred Ott Holding a Bird – both from 1894. Fred Ott in mid-sneeze. ... Fred Ott in mid-sneeze. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... State nickname: The Garden State Other U.S. States Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Governor Richard Codey (D)Acting Official languages None defined Area 22,608 km² (47th)  - Land 19,231 km²  - Water 3,378 km² (14. ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... West Orange is a township located in Essex County, New Jersey. ... Thomas Alva Edison Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman who developed many important devices. ... The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no... See also: 1893 in film 1894 1894 films 1895 in film 19th century in film years in film film Events January 7 - W.K. Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film. ...

In the film Ott takes a pinch of snuff, which causes him to sneeze. Snuff can refer to any of the following: Fine-ground smokeless tobacco, intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose Swedish snus tobacco, used between the cheek and upper gums To kill, as in a Snuff movie punk pop thrash band Snuff from the UK This is... A sneeze is the semi-autonomous, convulsive expulsion of air from the nose and mouth. ...

By virtue of having appeared in only two films, each of which features him as the sole actor, Fred Ott is uniquely significant to players of a game called the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. The trivia game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, inspired by the stage play Six Degrees of Separation, requires a group of players to connect any film actor to Kevin Bacon as quickly as possible and in as few links as possible (see Small World Phenomenon). ...

Informatica

Also known as "Sneeze"

Created & published by Edison Manufacturing Co., 1894. 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

SUMMARY Film made for publicity purposes, as a series of still photographs to accompany an article in Harper's weekly.

NOTES Copyright: W. K. L. Dickson; January 9, 1894. January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Camera operated by William Heise. A camera is a device used to take pictures (usually photographs), either singly or in sequence, with or without sound, such as with video cameras. ...

The duration of this film was five seconds at sixteen frames per second (80 frames). Frame rate, or frame frequency, is the measurement of how quickly an imaging device can produce several consecutive images, called frames. ...

Filmed in Edison's Black Maria studio. The Black Maria (pronounced b. ... A movie studio is a company which develops, equips and maintains a controlled environment for the making of a film. ...

Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, 1997, p. 87.

1 reel (ca. 4 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. ref print. 1 roll of 1 (ca. 4 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. paper pos.

Reposited in the Hendricks (Gordon) Collection; Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D. C. 20540 USACALL NUMBER no shelf no. LC 26A (paper pos); DIGITAL ID edmp 0026A urn:hdl:loc.mbrsmi/edmp.0026A [1] Library of Congress, Jefferson building The Library of Congress is the unofficial national library of the United States. ...

Filmography

• The Kiss (1900)
• Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (1894)
• Fred Ott Holding a Bird (1894)

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See also

• William Kennedy-Laurie Dickson, 1860-1935, production.
• History of cinema
• Kinetoscope
• 1894 in film

Origins of motion picture arts and sciences Any overview of the history of cinema would be remiss to fail to at least mention a long history of literature, storytelling, narrative drama, art, mythology, puppetry, shadow play, cave paintings and perhaps even dreams. ... Kinetoscope with open door, film loop, and top viewing window open The Kinetoscope was a forerunner of the modern movie projector developed by William Kennedy Laurie Dickson during his employment with Thomas Edison. ... See also: 1893 in film 1894 1894 films 1895 in film 19th century in film years in film film Events January 7 - W.K. Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film. ...

External links

• Fred Ott at the Internet Movie Database
• Edison kinetoscopic record of a sneeze, January 7, 1894, Library of Congress
• Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze at the Internet Movie Database
• Fred Ott Holding a Bird at the Internet Movie Database