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What Happened on Twenty-Third Street, New York City
Also known as {What Happened on 23rd St., N.Y.C.}
(1901) United States of America
B&W : 93 feet
Directed by Edwin S. Porter [?] + [George S. Fleming]?

Cast: Alfred C. Abadie, Florence Georgie

Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / Cinematography by Edwin S. Porter. / © 21 August 1901 by Thomas A. Edison. Released [?] August? 1901. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot in Herald Square, 23rd Street, New York, New York.

Comedy.

Synopsis: [From Edison promotional materials] A winner and sure to please. In front of one of the largest newspaper offices is a hot air shaft through which immense volumes of air are forced by a blower. Ladies in crossing this shaft often have their clothes slightly disarranged. A young man is escorting a young lady and talking very earnestly. They walk slowly along until they stand directly over the air shaft. The young lady’s skirts are suddenly raised to an almost unreasonable height, greatly to her horror and much to the amusement of the newsboys, bootblacks, and passersby.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Animals: Horses - Buildings - Carriages - Hats: Straw - Lamp posts - Sidewalks - Street scenes - USA: New York: New York

Listing updated: 6 January 2023.

References: Fell-History p. 28; Leyda-Before pp. 40, 57, 65-67, 79, 81, 110; Sklar-Movie p. 23 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.

 
 
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