Buffalo Bill is a lost 1894 black-and-white silent film from Edison Studios, produced by William K. L. Dickson with William Heise as cinematographer. Filmed on a single reel, using standard 35 mm gauge, it has a 60-second runtime. The film was shot in Edison's Black Maria studio and is an exhibition of rifle shooting by Buffalo Bill (William F. Cody) himself. The film is one of several shot by Dickson and Heise after Thomas Edison invited Cody and his Wild West show performers to the kinetoscope studio.[1]
Buffalo Bill | |
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Directed by | William Kennedy Dickson |
Produced by | William Kennedy Dickson |
Starring | William F. Cody |
Cinematography | William Heise |
Distributed by | Edison Manufacturing Company |
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Running time | 60 seconds |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Films directed by William Kennedy Dickson | |
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