Chinese Opium Den
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Duration Running time 1 minute Country United States | 6/10 IMDb Genre Short Director William Kennedy Dickson Language Silent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date 1894 (1894) Genres Silent film, Short Film, Black-and-white, Indie film Related William Kennedy Dickson movies |
Chinese opium den 1894
Chinese Opium Den (also known as Opium Joint) is an 1894 American short black-and-white silent film. It is an early motion picture produced by Thomas Edison.
Very little is known about this film as no print is believed to exist and all that remains is a single still image. It is believed to be the first motion picture to explore the issue of drug usage. Ten years later Edison produced Rube in an Opium Joint, which is seen as the earliest such film that still survives.
According to the Internet Movie Database the film was made in a 35mm film format with an aspect ratio of 1.33:1. The film was intended to be displayed through means of a Kinetoscope.
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Chinese Opium Den IMDb Chinese Opium Den themoviedb.org
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