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Film History

Columbia County Road Tour Explores Local Movie History

April 8, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

1737 Luykas Van Alen HouseThe Columbia County Historical Society (CCHS) has announced the return of “Drive Through History,” a series of free, self-guided road trips. [Read more…] about Columbia County Road Tour Explores Local Movie History

Filed Under: Arts, Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Columbia County, Columbia County Historical Society, Film History

Troy’s Media Sanctuary Marks WikiLeaks Film Anniversary

September 7, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Reuters AttackThe Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY, is marking the tenth anniversary of WikiLeaks’ Collateral Murder: U.S. Soldier Ethan McCord’s Eyewitness Story, the community media arts production facility’s most watched film.

In it, McCord narrates military footage depicting the indiscriminate slaying of more than a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad — including two Reuters news staff. [Read more…] about Troy’s Media Sanctuary Marks WikiLeaks Film Anniversary

Filed Under: Arts, Capital-Saratoga Tagged With: Crime and Justice, film, Film History, Journalism, Military History, Sanctuary for Independent Media, Troy

Virtual Silent Film ‘The Marriage Circle’ With Live Musical Score

September 4, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Marriage-CircleThe Park Theater in Glens Falls, in partnership with the Chapman Museum, is set to presents “The Marriage Circle” featuring live musical score by Ben Model, via YouTube livestream on September 10th. [Read more…] about Virtual Silent Film ‘The Marriage Circle’ With Live Musical Score

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Chapman Museum, Cultural History, film, Film History, Glens Falls, Music, Performing Arts, Sembrich

Early Stunt Men, Daredevils ‘The Human Fly’ & ‘Hurricane Hutch’ in NY

August 5, 2020 by Maury Thompson 1 Comment

Daredevil stunt man and movie actor Rodman “The Human Fly” Law had been shot out of a “monster sky rocket” and had jumped in a specialized “aeroplane parachute” from the Brooklyn Bridge and the 792-foot Woolworth Building, the tallest building in the world at the time.

For his next feat, Law came to the Adirondacks. [Read more…] about Early Stunt Men, Daredevils ‘The Human Fly’ & ‘Hurricane Hutch’ in NY

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Ausable Chasm, Ausable River, Essex County, film, Film History, paddling, Performing Arts, Saranac Lake, Schroon Lake

Preserving Motion Picture History (Podcast)

June 12, 2020 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast, movie historian and SUNY Albany lecturer emeritus Audrey Kupferberg discusses film preservation. [Read more…] about Preserving Motion Picture History (Podcast)

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Archives, film, Film History, Podcasts, SUNY Albany

Ithaca’s Wharton Brothers and Early Cinema

March 5, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

silent serial sensationsBarbara Tepe Lupack’s new book Silent Serial Sensations: The Wharton Brothers and the Magic of Early Cinema  (Cornell University Press, 2020) is a book-length account of the dynamic early film industry, focusing on the pioneering and prolific filmmakers Ted and Leo Wharton. [Read more…] about Ithaca’s Wharton Brothers and Early Cinema

Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: Books, Cultural History, film, Film History, Ithaca

Port Henry: Hollywood of the East

March 2, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Main Street Port Henry around 1900 provided by Whallonsburg GrangeThe Whallonsburg Grange Lyceum is set to continue their spring series “Hidden in Plain Sight” with the presentation “Port Henry: Hollywood of the East” on Tuesday, March 10th. [Read more…] about Port Henry: Hollywood of the East

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: film, Film History, Port Henry, Whallonsburg, Whallonsburg Grange Hall

Moll Flanders in Manhattan (Daniel Defoe and Martin Scorcese)

January 7, 2020 by Jaap Harskamp 2 Comments

moll flanders

Daniel Defoe’s The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders (1722) is the story of the notorious life and ultimate repentance of a woman who lived much of her adult life as a prostitute and thief. Set in London, the novel reflects immigrant urban life. It’s a tale told by a woman who does not reveal her real name, but to fellow streetwalkers she is known as Moll Flanders.

She was just six months old when her mother was imprisoned for stealing three pieces of fine “Holland” (imported Dutch fabric) from a draper in Cheapside. The baby was “sold” and spent time in the company of “gypsies” before running off as a child ending up in Colchester. The story starts amid the textile industry of Colchester and Norwich, noted for its refugees from the Low Countries. [Read more…] about Moll Flanders in Manhattan (Daniel Defoe and Martin Scorcese)

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Books, Film History, Literature, Manhattan, Pop Culture History, Vice

Catherine Curtis: Glens Falls Film Pioneer

December 31, 2019 by Maury Thompson Leave a Comment

the sky pilotCatherine Curtis, an early woman motion picture producer, offered advice to women entrepreneurs.

“If there are any rules for success, the same ones apply for women as for men,” she said in an interview in 1921. “The essentials of success are the same in every career – determination, energy and an ideal higher than that of unselfish desire for personal gain and glory.”

Curtis, who grew up on Albany and lived for a time in Glens Falls, was a woman motion picture pioneer in a career that lasted about a decade before Curtis moved on to be a radio commentator, financial expert and conservative political activist. [Read more…] about Catherine Curtis: Glens Falls Film Pioneer

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Cultural History, Film History, Glens Falls, Performing Arts, Theatre

Large-Scale Projection Celebrating Albany Film, Literary History Planned

November 25, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

projection mapping of stained glass imagery on the Notre Dame Cathedral in Rouen France

A large-scale video projection on UAlbany’s Science Library will celebrate the unique cultural history of the Capital Region and Albany’s contribution to film and literary history.

Using sophisticated computer 3-D mapping and high-performance projectors, the projection mapping display will illuminate the 195-foot wide, 45-foot high exterior of the building, located on the University’s Washington Avenue uptown campus.

[Read more…] about Large-Scale Projection Celebrating Albany Film, Literary History Planned

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Albany, Film History, Literature, NYS Writers Institute, SUNY Albany, video projection

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