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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

  • DeMarco, Michael Gregory, composer
  • Armitage, F. S., camera operator
  • Simpson, Andrew, 1967- conductor
  • Balance Campaign (Musical group), musician
  • American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, production company
  • Library of Congress. National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, contributor
  • Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [2023]

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
  • Short films
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  Biograph production no. 1845.
  • -  LC also holds additional physical components and a silent digital viewing copy, accessible online via the Library of Congress National Screening Room, all in the Paper Print Collection.
  • -  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; program notes for The Magical Camera: Early Silent Films from the Library of Congress With New Music by Catholic University Composers in NAVCC acquisition file, Paper Print Collection (films with added soundtracks).
  • -  Camera, Frederick S. Armitage.
  • -  Music performed by Balance Campaign: Amirhossein Norouznasseri (violin), Emory Hensley (percussion), Elizabeth G. Hill (piano), Janice Murphy (clarinets), Meghan Shanley Alger (flutes), Erin Snedecor (cello).
  • -  Guest conductor, Andrew Earle Simpson.
  • -  Photographed in 1901. Location: Broadway and 13th Street, New York, N.Y.
  • -  Filmed in April, 1901 in New York City.
  • -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
  • -  This film was selected for the National Film Registry.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital) (approximately 2 min.) : sd., b&w.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 00694388

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

Armitage, F. S., Camera Operator, Andrew Simpson, Musician Balance Campaign, Contributor Library Of Congress. National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, and Paper Print Collection. Star Theatre. composeds by Demarco, Michael Gregory, , produceds by American Mutoscope And Biograph Companyuction Company [2023] Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/00694388/.

APA citation style:

Armitage, F. S., Simpson, A., Balance Campaign, M., Library Of Congress. National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, C. & Paper Print Collection. (2023) Star Theatre. Demarco, M. G., comp, , American Mutoscope And Biograph Companyuction Company, prod [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/00694388/.

MLA citation style:

Armitage, F. S., Camera Operator, et al. Star Theatre. comp by Demarco, Michael Gregory, , prod by American Mutoscope And Biograph Companyuction Company [2023] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/00694388/>.