The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

SUMMARY From Maguire & Baucus catalogue: Representing the beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots. A realistic reproduction of an historic scene. OTHER TITLES Title in Maguire & Baucus catalogue: Execution CREATED/PUBLISHED United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., [1895] NOTES Copyright: no reg. Robert Thomae (Mary). Camera, William Heise. Filmed August 28, 1895, at the Edison Laboratory in West Orange, N.J. Received: 5-13-1994; viewing print; preservation; AFI/Hendricks (Gordon) Collection. SUBJECTS Mary,--Queen of Scots,--1542-1587--Death and burial--Drama. Executions and executioners--Drama. Beheading--Drama. Historical reenactments. Trick. RELATED NAMES Clark, Alfred, d. 1950, production. Thomae, Robert, cast. Heise, William, camera. Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Hendricks (Gordon) Collection (Library of Congress) DIGITAL ID edmp.4036 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/edmp.4036