The S. Lubin catalog described the film as follows: “This is a very funny subject and shows ‘Erastus’ making love to his ‘Dinah.’ These darkies are of the ‘Old Virginny’ type and the figures being large, they can be seen from any part of the house, and will amuse every one who sees them.”
Polish-born optometrist Siegmund Lubin (1851-1923) began producing low-budget films in Philadelphia, PA, in 1897 to supply motion pictures for his own camera-projector invention, the Cineograph. After forming the Lubin Manufacturing Company in 1902, he built his own studio, Lubinville, in Philadelphia, and made movies until 1916. ...
The S. Lubin catalog described the film as follows: “This is a very funny subject and shows ‘Erastus’ making love to his ‘Dinah.’ These darkies are of the ‘Old Virginny’ type and the figures being large, they can be seen from any part of the house, and will amuse every one who sees them.”
Polish-born optometrist Siegmund Lubin (1851-1923) began producing low-budget films in Philadelphia, PA, in 1897 to supply motion pictures for his own camera-projector invention, the Cineograph. After forming the Lubin Manufacturing Company in 1902, he built his own studio, Lubinville, in Philadelphia, and made movies until 1916.
In the "Old Virginny" South, Erastus makes love to ...
In the "Old Virginny" South, Erastus makes love to Dinah.
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