Waiting at the Church (1906 film) explained

Waiting at the Church
Director:	Edwin S. Porter
Studio:	Edison Manufacturing Company
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Country:	USA
Language:	Silent

Waiting at the Church is a 1906 American silent film directed by Edwin S. Porter for the Edison Manufacturing Company.

The film has been preserved in the Library of Congress collection.^[1]

Production and release

The film features a performance of the popular British music hall song Waiting at the Church by Vesta Victoria.^[2] Film historian Charles Musser notes that Waiting at the Church was Edison's lowest-selling film of the year, at 52 copies, compared to Dream of a Rarebit Fiend, which sold 192.^[3]

The action in the film follows the lyrics of the song. Porter made another film to accompany the song for the Novelty Song Film Co. in 1907. That version focuses more on the singer's performance.^[4]

Cast

• Vesta Victoria - Vesta
• Alec B. Francis - suitor

See also

• Edwin S. Porter filmography

Notes and References

1. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p.203 c.1978 by The American Film Institute
2. Bold, Christine (2011). The Oxford History of Popular Print Culture: Volume Six: US Popular Print Culture 1860-1920. Oxford University Press,
3. Musser, Charles (1994). The Emergence of Cinema: The American Screen to 1907, Volume 1. University of California Press,
4. Altman, Rick (2004). Silent Film Sound. Columbia University Press,