Waiting at the Church (1906 film)

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

Waiting at the Church
Directed by	Edwin S. Porter
Production company	Edison Manufacturing Company
Release date	July 1906 (1906-07)
Country	USA
Language	Silent

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

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, ISBN 9780199234066
3. Musser, Charles (1994). The Emergence of Cinema: The American Screen to 1907, Volume 1. University of California Press, ISBN 9780520085336
4. Altman, Rick (2004). Silent Film Sound. Columbia University Press, ISBN 9780231116626

External links

• Waiting at the Church at IMDb