This scene opens with a view of a stage setting and private box. After Miss Dolly Lightfoot has finished a clever dance, a card is placed upon the stage announcing an extra turn. An Italian vocalist appears and starts to sing. He is received with a shower of missiles. (Edison Catalog)
Watch the official The Extra Turn 1903 trailer in HD below.
Dolly Lightfoot as Singer
Edwin S. Porter Camera Operator
United States 17 October 1903
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