Once Upon An El (1955)
21m
Running Time
January 1, 1955Release Date
Once Upon An El (1955)
21m
Running Time
January 1, 1955Release Date
Plot.
"The poet Daisy Aldan (who brought Gerard Malanga into the world of experimental filmmaking) directed a beautifully evocative and impressionistic documentary, Once Upon an El, in 8mm color with a 7 1/2 ips tape soundtrack. The 15-minute film's cast included John Ashberry, James Broughton, Chester Kallman, Frank O'Hara, Olga Petroff, Kermit Sheets, and other luminaries of the Avant-Garde, the soundtrack was composed by Storm de Hirsch. Once Upon An El documented the activities of a group of writers and composers...[demonstrating] against the demolition of New York's Third Avenue elevated railway (FMC 1967, 7-8) , which was demolished anyway" - Wheeler Winston Dixon
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Cast & Crew.
Daisy Aldan
Director
John Ashbery
John Latouche
Chester Kallman
Robert Hellman
Leon Hecht
Grace Hartigan
Jane Freilicher
Kenward Elmslie
Fabio Rieti
Olga Petroff
Richard Miller
Frank O'Hara
James Broughton
Florio Vecchi
Kermit Sheets
James Schuyler
Toby Schneebaum
Details.
Release DateJanuary 1, 1955
StatusReleased
Running Time21m
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