Moonlight & Movies: Manhandled
- All levels
- 18 and older
- $20
- 1220 5th Ave , New York, NY
- 2 hours
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Discover the hidden stories of the past and gain access to a treasure trove of media archives in this course at DCTV. Learn the ins and outs of archival research, from finding the right collections to navigating intellectual property laws and licensing costs. Uncover a wealth of material that will bring depth and context to your storytelling.
In Manhandled (Allan Dwan, 1924), silent film goddess Gloria Swanson plays a flapper-esque shop girl getting a little taste of the NYC nightlife thanks to a couple of grabby swells, while her inventor boyfriend neglects her. Part of a seven-picture partnership between director Allan Dwan and Swanson, who went undercover as a shop girl at a department store in Chicago to prepare for the role. Shot on location in New York City at the Astoria Studios in Astoria, Queens, in the silent era heyday of the facility, and distributed by Paramount Pictures, Manhandled was also intended to troll, and be a response to, the first Hays Motion Picture Production Code (1924).
This is the launch event of our year-long series, New York on Film: Decade by Decade which accompanies the Museum's upcoming Centennial exhibition, This Is New York: 100 Years of the City in Art and Pop Culture. The film series is programmed by Jessica Green.
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East Harlem, Manhattan
1220 5th Ave
Btwn E 103rd & E 104th Streets
New York, New York 10029 East Harlem, Manhattan
1220 5th Ave
Btwn E 103rd & E 104th Streets
New York, New York 10029
By Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4 or M106 to 103rd Street By Subway: #6 to 103rd Street, walk three blocks west; #2 or #3 to Central Park North/110th Street, walk one block east to Fifth Avenue, then south to 103rd Street.
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