Volume II: Filmography

 

A BAHAMAN PINEAPPLE PLANTATION

 

British release title: A PINEAPPLE PLANTATION

(Princess)

July 24, 1914 (Friday)

Length: 1 reel (608 feet this section) (split with two subjects, Harvesting Ice and The Cavalry at Fort Meyer, Va., at the end)

Character: Documentary

Cameraman: Carl Louis Gregory

Location: Bahama Islands

Notes: 1. This subject was filmed while Carl Louis Gregory was with the Williamson brothers in Nassau, Bahama Islands, taking undersea pictures. 2. An advertisement in Reel Life, July 18, 1914, noted: "FIRST SCENIC RELEASE by PRINCESS. Marvelous pictures, obtained at great expense, showing contrasting nature: A Bahaman Pineapple Plantation and Harvesting Ice." 3. The title appeared as The Bahaman Pineapple Plantation in some notices.

 

REVIEW, The Bioscope, December 10, 1914:

"Well arranged and well photographed glimpses of an industry which is not remarkable for any features of striking novelty or interest. The photography of the one or two interior pictures in the film is as good as difficult conditions allow it to be."

 

REVIEW, The Moving Picture World, August 8, 1914:

"A clearly photographed topical full of interest. It shows the whole process of growing and marketing pineapples."

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