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.

James Broughton

Frank O'Hara

Kenward Elmslie

Jane Freilicher

Grace Hartigan

Leon Hecht

Robert Hellman

Chester Kallman

John Latouche

Richard Miller

Olga Petroff

Daisy Aldan
Director

John Ashbery

Fabio Rieti

Florio Vecchi

Kermit Sheets

James Schuyler

Toby Schneebaum
Details.
Release DateJanuary 1, 1955
StatusReleased
Running Time21m
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