Mexican Knife Duel
Mexican Knife Duel is a lost 1894 black-and-white silent film from Edison Studios, produced by William K. L. Dickson with William Heise as cinematographer. It was filmed on a single reel, using standard 35 mm gauge, in Edison's Black Maria studio. The film, an exhibition of fighting skills by Mexican vaqueros Pedro Esquivel and Dionecio Gonzales is one of several shot by Dickson and Heise after Thomas Edison invited William F. Cody and his Buffalo Bill's Wild West show performers to the kinetoscope studio.[1]
| Mexican Knife Duel | |
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| Directed by | William Kennedy Dickson |
| Produced by | William Kennedy Dickson |
| Starring | Pedro Esquivel and Dionecio Gonzales |
| Cinematography | William Heise |
| Distributed by | Edison Manufacturing Company |
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Running time | 60 seconds |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent |
See also
References
- "Mexican Knife Duel on the Silver Screen". University of Oklahoma Press. August 2013. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
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