The Execution of Mary Stuart
The Execution of Mary Stuart | |
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Directed by | Alfred Clark |
Produced by | Thomas Edison |
Starring | Robert Thomae |
Cinematography | William Heise |
Distributed by | Edison Manufacturing Company |
Release date | August 28, 1895 |
Running time | 18 seconds |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent film |
The Execution of Mary Stuart is a short film produced in 1895. The film depicts the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots. It is the first known film to use special effects, specifically the stop trick.
The 18-second-long film was produced by Thomas Edison and directed by Alfred Clark and may have been the first film in history to use trained actors, as well as the first to use editing for the purposes of special effects. The film shows a blindfolded Mary (played by Mr. Robert L. Thomae, male actor in Shakespeare-Tradition also for female cast) being led to the execution block. The executioner raises his axe and an edit occurs during which the actor is replaced by a mannequin. The mannequin's head is chopped off and the executioner holds it in the air as the film ends.
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This film is in the public domain.
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- 1895 films
- American black-and-white films
- American films
- American silent short films
- Films set in Tudor England
- Films about Mary, Queen of Scots
- Films about capital punishment
- Films set in Northamptonshire
- 1890s horror films
- American horror films
- Films produced by Thomas Edison
- 1890s short films
- Short silent film stubs