1920-1929NEW YORK CITY
THE LITERARY, ARTISTIC, & THEATRICAL LIFE OF NEW YORK CITY DURING THE 1920s.
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NEW YORK CITY TIMES SQUARE AT NIGHT. NEON PICTURES ON BUILDING WALL. ANIMATED MOVING LIGHTS.
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DANCE MARATHON. COUPLE DANCES IN CONTEST. MAN WEARS NUMBER ON HIS BACK
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WOMAN BENDS OVER & PUTS ON FLOWER GARTER
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FLAPPERS DANCE THE CHARLESTON
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WOMAN PULLS FLASK FROM HER GARTER. PROHIBITION.
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TEXAS GUINAN. PEOPLE PARTYING, HAVING GOOD TIME.
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1920s CELEBRITIES: H.L. MENCKEN
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COMPOSER GEORGE GERSHWIN
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CARTOONIST JOHN HELD JR. & PETER ARNO
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CRITIC ALEXANDER WOLCOTT
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AUTHOR EUGENE O'NEILL
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CU SIGN "YOU ARE NOW ENTERING NYC" AT BROADWAY &
262 ST. |
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SUBWAYS, ABOVE & BELOW GROUND.
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PEOPLE IN 1920s COME OUT OF SUBWAY STATION.
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WOMAN IS HELPED ONTO BUS, HELPER STARES AT HER LEGS.
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MAN WAITING FOR BUS WIPES BROW WITH HANDKERCHIEF.
STREET SCENES. HORSE DRAWN BUGGY ON ROAD. MAN BUMPS INTO ANOTHER |
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POLICEMAN DIRECTS TRAFFIC.
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| 01:01:32 62.83 |
YOUNG BOY SELLS PAPERS.
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| 01:01:34 64.83 |
HECTIC CITY STREETS. VENDORS. CROWDED.
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| 01:01:43 73.83 |
MAN READS PAPER. NEWSPAPER STAND.
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| 01:01:47 77.83 |
HUGE OCEAN LINER-SHIP ARRIVING IN NEW YORK HARBOR.
MANY BOATS IN HARBOR. |
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CU ARRIVALS ON BOAT WAVE
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| 01:01:55 85.83 |
NEW ARRIVALS DISEMBARK
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| 01:01:58 88.83 |
GERTRUDE LAWRENCE, ENGLISH ACTRESS & HER DOG
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| 01:02:02 92.83 |
AUTHOR H.G. WELLS ON SHIP
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| 01:02:06 96.83 |
NOVELIST REBECCA WEST
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| 01:02:10 100.83 |
TENNIS STAR SUZANNE LENGLEN
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| 01:02:12 102.83 |
OPERA TENOR JOHN MCCORMACK
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| 01:02:13 103.83 |
ENRICO CARUSO MAKES FUNNY FACE FOR CAMERA
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KONSTANTIN STANISLAVSKI
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| 01:02:19 109.83 |
RUSSIAN CONDUCTOR SERGE ALEXANDROVITCH KOUSSEVITZKY
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| 01:02:21 111.83 |
POLISH PIANIST IGNACE JAN PADEREWSKI
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| 01:02:36 126.83 |
GREENWICH VILLAGE, WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK. AERIAL OF ARCH
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| 01:02:42 132.83 |
MAN SLEEPING ON PARK BENCH
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| 01:02:45 135.83 |
MOTHER CAT CARRIES HER KITTEN ACROSS STREET
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| 01:02:48 138.83 |
MILK MAN DELIVERS WITH HORSE & BUGGY.
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| 01:02:51 141.83 |
NYC ALLEY, CIRCA 1920s. WASHINGTON MEWS
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| 01:03:06 156.83 |
ELANORE WILEY
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| 01:03:11 161.83 |
NOVELIST-JOURNALIST THEODORE DREISER
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| 01:03:15 165.83 |
AUTHOR SHERWOOD ANDERSON
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| 01:03:20 170.83 |
WRITER WILLA CATHER
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| 01:03:29 179.83 |
EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY AT WINDOW. CHICKADEE FLIES INTO WINDOW & EATS OUT OF HER HAND. HOLDS LITTLE BIRD
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| 01:03:40 190.83 |
CONVERTED STABLE, PROVINCETOWN THEATER.
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| 01:03:43 193.83 |
PLAYWRIGHT EUGENE O'NEILL.
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O'NEILL WITH WIFE AGNES & BABY DAUGHTER OONA O'NEILL
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| 01:04:05 215.83 |
ACTRESS KATHARINE CORNELL POSES WITH HER HEAD ON A BUDDHA STATUE. FUNNY. BIZARRE.
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| 01:04:08 218.83 |
PLAYWRIGHT NOEL COWARD & HOPE WILLIAMS HAM IT UP.
JOINED BY KATHARINE CORNELL |
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EXTERIOR HOTEL ALGONQUIN
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| 01:04:34 244.83 |
WILLA CATHER
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| 01:05:03 273.83 |
AUTHOR SINCLAIR LEWIS
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| 01:05:19 289.83 |
GEORGE G. NATHAN PUFFS CIGAR
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H.L. MENCKEN
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H.L. MENCKEN SMOKING CIGAR
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AFFLUENT COUPLE, SHE IN FUR, WALK TO DOOR OF SPEAKEASY
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| 01:06:08 338.83 |
CU JUDAS WINDOW HATCH ON DOOR OPENS MAN LOOKS AT COUPLE NODS YES LETS THEM IN. "JOE SENT ME"
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CU BARTENDER MIXES DRINKS IN SHAKER-MIXER COCKTAILS.
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MONTAGE OF PEOPLE HAVING FUN IN SPEAKEASY. BAR.
DRINKING SMOKING |
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CU HANDS PLAYING PIANO.
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COUPLE DANCES SEXY DRUNKEN TANGO.
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MONTAGE OF TIMES SQUARE AT NIGHT. THEATERS, FOOD.
NIGHTLIFE. |
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THEATRE MARQUEES: "BRINGING UP FATHER"; "KING OF KINGS"; "STUDENT PRINCE"
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| 01:06:58 388.83 |
NEW AMSTERDAM THEATRE MARQUEE FOR ZIEGFELD FOLLIES "GLORYIFYING THE AMERICAN GIRL"
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| 01:07:01 391.83 |
CU OPENING NIGHT THEATER TICKETS $27.50. ZIEGFELD FOLLIES
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| 01:07:02 392.83 |
MONTAGE THEATER ATTENDING PUBLIC. MAYOR JIMMY WALKER ARRIVES
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Helen Morgan
He's Just My Bill
(live)
LEANING ON PIANO & SINGING
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| 01:07:58 448.83 |
Fanny Brice
I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling
(live)
ON ROOFTOP WITH BILLY ROSE & ZIEGFELD GIRLS
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CU STREET SIGN: W47TH & TIMES SQUARE
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MAN OPENS DOOR TO BUY THEATER TICKETS
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SIGN FOR STAGE DOOR ENTRANCE.
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GEORGE GERSHWIN SITS AT PIANO
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REHEARSAL FOR "STRIKE UP THE BAND". BACKSTAGE WOMAN STRETCHES USING LADDER. MAN PRACTICES TAP DANCING.
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| 01:09:02 512.83 |
GERSHWIN TALKS TO DANCER WHO GETS CHORUS GIRLS TOGETHER TO PRACTICE DANCE NUMBER FOR SHOW
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| 01:09:37 547.83 |
COMEDY TEAM CLARK & MCCULLOUGH PRACTICE "OVER THERE" NUMBER.
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| 01:10:37 607.83 |
MONTAGE NIGHTLIFE IN NYC: GOING TO & FRO ON STREETS, COUPLES SLOW DANCING
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| 01:10:47 617.83 |
BLACK BIG BAND, SWING, JAZZ.
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| 01:10:48 618.83 |
MARQUEE "HOLLYWOOD RESTAURANT"
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| 01:10:50 620.83 |
NIGHTCLUB DANCERS-ENTERTAINERS TAKE OFF LONG WEDDING-TYPE GOWNS REVEALING SEXY SHORT DRESSES &
LONG SEXY LEGS. "WEDDING NIGHT" THEME. |
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SUBDUED AUDIENCE SHOT.
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| 01:10:58 628.83 |
CHORUS GIRLS DANCE KICK UP LEGS ENTERTAIN. SEXY
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| 01:11:01 631.83 |
TEXAS GUINAN'S NIGHTCLUB. TWO WOMEN DANCE WILDLY.
SEDUCTIVE. TEXAS GUINAN IN BACKGROUND TAKES WHITE PING-PONG BALLS FROM BUCKET & THROWS THEM AROUND. |
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TEXAS GUINAN LEADS EVERYONE IN "CALIFORNIA HERE I COME". PEOPLE TAP WOODEN CLACKERS IN TIME.
PEOPLE HAVING A GOOD TIME. GREAT EXAMPLE OF FLAPPER CLOTHING, LOTS OF LONG NECKLACES FLIMSY DRESS. |
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POV DRIVING DOWN CITY STREET AT NIGHT. TIMES SQUARE
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| 01:12:10 700.83 |
PEOPLE ARRIVE AT PRIVATE PARTY. KISS HOST AT DOOR. MONTAGE OF CELEBRITIES AT PARTY.
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| 01:12:28 718.83 |
ACTRESS ALINE MACMAHON
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| 01:12:31 721.83 |
CRITIC ROBERT COLEMAN
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| 01:12:35 725.83 |
HAYWOOD BRUEN
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| 01:12:46 736.83 |
CHARLIE CHAPLIN PLAYING PIANO. CU HANDS PLAYING PIANO.
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| 01:12:53 743.83 |
MONTAGE PARTY REVELLERS.
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| 01:12:58 748.83 |
ILLUSTRATOR RALPH MARTIN
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| 01:13:00 750.83 |
WRITER PHILIP WILEY
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| 01:13:03 753.83 |
H.L. MENCKEN
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| 01:13:06 756.83 |
GEORGE NATHAN
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| 01:13:08 758.83 |
ACTRESS ANITA LOOS
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| 01:13:10 760.83 |
CLARENCE DARROW
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| 01:13:12 762.83 |
WALLY TOSCANINI LIGHTS CIGARETTE
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| 01:13:14 764.83 |
AUTHOR CARL VAN BECTON ?SP.
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| 01:13:17 767.83 |
ACTRESS ETHEL BARRYMORE
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| 01:13:19 769.83 |
MENCKEN & NOVELIST JOSEPH HERGESHEIMER
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| 01:13:26 776.83 |
MENCKEN & NOVELIST JOSEPH HERGESHEIMER ACTING GOOFY
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| 01:13:30 780.83 |
RUSSIAN CONDUCTOR SERGE ALEXANDROVITCH KOUSSEVITZKY
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| 01:13:32 782.83 |
ACTRESS AILEEN PRINGLE
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| 01:13:34 784.83 |
MENCKEN & NOVELIST JOSEPH HERGESHEIMER ACTING GOOFY
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| 01:13:36 786.83 |
CONCERT PIANIST MYRA HESS BANGS PIANO WILDLY
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| 01:13:38 788.83 |
CHARLIE CHAPLIN DOES DANCING DINNER ROLLS ON FORKS ROUTINE (NOT AS TRAMP)
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| 01:13:50 800.83 |
MYRA HESS PLAYS PIANO WITH CIGARETTE DANGLING IN MOUTH.
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| 01:14:08 818.83 |
NEW YORK CITY BRIDGES INCLUDING BROOKLYN BRIDGE
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NEW YORK SKYLINE EMPIRE STATE FROM WATER
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