FOLLIES, FOIBLES, AND FASHIONS- 1903-1905 BIOGRAPH SHORTS @omar

Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 39 minutes ago

Here’s a charming array of mutoscope shorts produced by Biograph between the years of 1903 and 1905, specially hand picked by Blackhawk Films and put into a one reeler for you, with my accompaniment. A number of these aren’t available anywhere else online! These shorts revolve around women’s fashion- almost always in some kind of mischievous or humorous way. Sit back, and allow Billy Bitzer and the early folks at Biograph to entertain you- 1900’s style.

1:38 - THE CORSET MODEL-1903
- No IMDB

2:22 - A NIGHT AT THE HAYMARKET-1903
- imdb.com/title/tt0231702/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

7:06 - A FIRE IN A BURLESQUE THEATER-1904
- imdb.com/title/tt0257676/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

7:41 - AIRY FAIRY LILLIAN TRIES ON HER NEW CORSETS-1905
- No IMDB

8:30 - FROM SHOWGIRL TO BURLESQUE QUEEN-1903
- imdb.com/title/tt0257686/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

9:18 - A BUSY DAY FOR THE CORSET MODELS-1904
- imdb.com/title/tt0980962/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

10:03 - TROUBLES OF A MANAGER OF A BURLESQUE SHOW-1904
- imdb.com/title/tt0258265/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Scanned from my Blackhawk standard 8mm film print on a Wolverine Reels2Digital super and standard 8 film scanner.

FOLLIES, FOIBLES, AND FASHIONS- 1903-1905 BIOGRAPH SHORTS

“Grace and Beauty Rag” played by Max Morath

“Nola” (1915) played by Knuckles O’ Toole

Rag Medley no. 19 Mae Brown (ft. American Beauty Rag)

Jo Ann Castle plays “Down Yonder” (1967)

Jo Ann Castle boogie woogie- “Humoresque Boogie” 1968

Hungarian Rag Connerized player piano roll

Big Tiny Little rare footage- “Wang Wang Blues”/“Doodle” (1958)

Big Tiny Little and Jo Ann Castle duet- “Sheik of Araby” (1958 or 59)

PERILS OF PAULINE- (1914) “The Tragic Plunge”- Pearl White, Crane Wilbur, Paul Panzer