Lasso Thrower
Lasso Thrower is a lost 1894 black-and-white short silent film from Edison Studios, produced by William K. L. Dickson with William Heise as cinematographer. It has a 60-second runtime and was filmed on a single reel, using standard 35 mm gauge, in Edison's Black Maria studio. The film, an exhibition of roping skills by Mexican vaquero Vicente Oropeza 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][2]
Vicente Oropeza, Mexican Charro, introduced Trick Roping to the United States while working for Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show
| Lasso Thrower | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | William Kennedy Dickson |
| Produced by | William Kennedy Dickson |
| Starring | Vicente Oropeza |
| Cinematography | William Heise |
| Distributed by | Edison Manufacturing Company |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 seconds |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
See also
References
- "Lasso Thrower on the Silver Screen". University of Oklahoma Press. August 2013. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
- Musser, Charles (1997). Edison Motion Pictures, 1890–1900: An Annotated Filmography. Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 140–141. ISBN 978-88-86155-07-6.
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