What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City
| Movie | |
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| 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 |
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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
- What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The film on Archive.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Florence Georgie. Internet Movie Database , accessed June 10, 2015 .