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Film, Video Star Theatre Star Theater

digital viewing copy

About this Item

Title

  • Star Theatre

Other Title

  • Star Theater

Summary

  • Using time-lapse photography, the film shows the demolition of the famous Star Theatre. Judging from the various exposures, the work must have gone on for a period of approximately thirty days. The theater opened in 1861 as "Wallack's Theatre," and was re-christened the "Star" in 1883. It was well known for it's excellent productions, and a number of celebrated actors and actresses worked there, among them Ellen Terry. The celebrated English actor Henry Irving made his first stage appearance in America at the Star.

Names

  • Armitage, F. S., camera
  • American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • United States : American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1902.

Headings

  • -  Star Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
  • -  Wrecking--New York (State)--New York
  • -  New York (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc

Genre

  • Actualities (Motion pictures)
  • Time-lapse films
  • Silent films
  • Short films

Notes

  • -  H16735 U.S. Copyright Office
  • -  Copyright: American Mutoscope & Biograph Co.; 18Apr1902; H16735.
  • -  Duration: 1:55 at 15 fps.
  • -  Camera, Frederick S. Armitage.
  • -  Photographed in 1901. Location: Broadway and 13th Street, New York, N.Y.
  • -  Biograph production no. 1845.
  • -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1874) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
  • -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
  • -  Filmed in April, 1901 in New York City.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
  • -  Forms part of the American Memory exhibit Life in the city: early films of New York, 1898-1906.
  • -  This film was selected for the National Film Registry.
  • -  Sources used: Niver K., Early motion pictures, p. 310; Internet movie database WWW site, viewed August 21, 2012; Eagan's America's film legacy, p. 9; Biograph production logs, v. 1: 1899-1903, p. 92-93; AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 255.
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
  • -  35 mm dupe neg pic renumbered: FPE 5558 to FZA 2645.

Medium

  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 125 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca. 50 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
  • dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (ca.125 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos 1 roll of 1 (125 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
  • paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (125 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • FLA 4888 (viewing print)
  • FEB 9782 (viewing print)
  • FRA 2853 (dupe neg pic)
  • FZA 2645 (dupe neg pic)
  • Box 0321C (paper pos)
  • Box 5069D (paper pos, copy 2)

Repository

  • Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 00694388

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Armitage, F. S., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Star Theatre. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1902. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694388/.

APA citation style:

Armitage, F. S., American Mutoscope And Biograph Company & Paper Print Collection. (1902) Star Theatre. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/00694388/.

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Armitage, F. S., Camera, American Mutoscope And Biograph Company, and Paper Print Collection. Star Theatre. United States: American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, 1902. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/00694388/>.