Accordion Player (1888)
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.
- Date of release
- 1888-10-14
- TMDB
- 5.0 / 10 (85)
- Runtime
- 1m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince
Casting
- Adolphe Le Prince — Himself
Interesting facts
Accordion Player is a short silent motion picture directed by Louis Le Prince. It is one of the earliest surviving motion pictures. The brief film shows a man playing the diatonic button accordion in a single, static shot, highlighting the pioneering experiments in motion capture during the late 19th century.
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