What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City

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Movie
Original title What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1901
length 2 minutes
Rod
Director George S. Fleming ,
Edwin S. Porter
production Edison Manufacturing Company
camera Edwin S. Porter
occupation
  • Florence Georgie: a woman
  • AC Abadie : a man

What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City is a 1901 short film directed by George S. Fleming and Edwin S. Porter .

action

On Twenty-third Street in New York City there are several subway tunnels that most passers-by bypasses. After a while, a man and a woman walk over these subway shafts and the woman's skirt rises up a little. Finally they both go on laughing.

Background information

The film is a mixture of documentary and comedy, in which the reactions of passers-by to the new subway shafts were documented. AC Abadie (1878–1950) worked primarily as a cameraman for the Edison Manufacturing Company . In 1903 he took on another film role, he impersonated the sheriff in the film The Great Train Robbery . Florence Georgie only worked for this film.

Web links

Commons : What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Florence Georgie. Internet Movie Database , accessed June 10, 2015 .