The first woman to appear in front of an Edison motion picture camera and possibly the first woman to appear in a motion picture within the United States. In the film, Carmencita is recorded going through a routine she had been performing at Koster & Bial's in New York since February 1890.
Watch the official Carmencita 1894 trailer in HD below.
Carmencita as Herself
William K.L. Dickson Director
Carmencita - spanyol tánc Trailer
Карменсита Trailer
United States 14 March 1894
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Two gamecocks fight in the Edison Company film studio. This feature was remade later in the same year, with additional detail added.
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