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Vitaphone Studios
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Vitaphone Studios The Vitagraph Studios were considered leaders in the art of the silent movie in the early years of the 20th century. Between 1898 and 1926 the studio turned out hundreds of films that enthralled audiences nationwide. Vitagraph was bought by Warner Brothers in 1925, and in 1928 they created a subsidiary that they called Vitaphone to exploit the new field of talkies. The first production was a short film showing the New York Philharmonic. The discovery in the Eagle morgue files is a group of 8 photographs of the Vitaphone Studios dating from the 1920s and 1930s. Specializing in short movies, the Vitaphone studios often employed vaudeville stars and well-known musicians.
Holly(Mid)wood: The Vitagraph Studios
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Founded in Brooklyn by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E Smith in 1897, Vitaphone Studios was once a major player in the movie business.
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1389 East 14th St
\[Northeast corner of East 14th Street and Avenue N.] Northeast corner of East 14th Street and Avenue N. Avenue N at right.
1395 East 15th Street
\[Northeast corner of Avenue N and East 15th Street.] Northeast corner of Avenue N and East 15th Street. East 15th Street at left. At right is Brighton BMT line.
1601 Avenue N
\[Northeast corner of Avenue N and East 16th Street. ] Northeast corner of Avenue N and East 16th Street. #1603 Avenue N is the house on the corner.
1424 Avenue M
\[View (looking west) from Avenue M.] View (looking west) from Avenue M. BMT station (Brighton line).
1331 East 16th Street
E.16th St., M to N Row of two-story stone and brick houses on East 16th Street between Avenues M and N; hedges (some topiary), bushes, and plantings in front of most houses; woman on sidewalk; parked automobiles at curb; portion of road partly excavated.
1611 Cedar Street
\[#1611 Cedar Street.] \#1611 Cedar Street.
Public School 199
Brooklyn: Coney Island Avenue - Elm Avenue Coney Island Avenue, at the southeast corner of Elm Avenue, showing Public School No. 199. Board of Education of the City of New York early 1930's
1731 Coney Island Avenue
\[Coney Island Avenue and Avenue N, Brooklyn, NY] Intersection of Coney Island Avenue and Avenue N, on BMT Coney Island Avenue trolley line, Brooklyn, NY. View of storefronts, trolley tracks, pedestrians, residential homes, and concrete safety stanchion.
1735 Coney Island Avenue
\[Coney Island Avenue (east side).] Coney Island Avenue (east side). Midwood Auto Supply Co. (center) is at #1735 Coney Island Avenue and Sams Luncheonette (right) is at #1737 Coney Island Avenue.
1101 Avenue N
\[Coney Island Avenue and Avenue N, Brooklyn, NY] Intersection of Coney Island Avenue and Avenue N, Brooklyn, NY. Northward view shows Coney Island Avenue Line trolley tracks, storefronts on the left, and parked automobiles on the right.
1600 Avenue M
\[View from Ave M platform (Brighton Beach BMT line) looking east along Avenue M.] View from Ave M platform (Brighton Beach BMT line) looking east along Avenue M. East 16th Street in foreground.
1421 Avenue M
\[View from Avenue M BMT station (Brighton line).] View from Avenue M BMT station (Brighton line).
1501 Avenue M
\[View from Avenue M BMT station (Brighton line).] View from Avenue M BMT station (Brighton line).
1738 Coney Island Avenue
\[Coney Island Avenue and Avenue S, Brooklyn, NY] Intersection of Coney Island Avenue and Avenue N, Brooklyn, NY. Southward view shows Coney Island Avenue Line trolley tracks, pedestrians and automobiles.
1615 Avenue M
\[North side of Avenue M between East 16th Street and East 17th Street.] North side of Avenue M between East 16th Street and East 17th Street. Bonaparte Italian restaurant at center.
Vitaphone Studios
Vitaphone Studios Electrical workers View of Jack Benny and Mary Livingstone acting in, or rehearsing, a scene from an unidentified movie at Vitaphone Studios located on East 15th Street, near Avenue M. Image includes a grand piano in the left foregrouond.
Vitaphone Studios
Vitaphone Studios Image represented is one of a related set (WORK 1139), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two interior views of an unidentified musical number being performed at Vitaphone Studios located on East 15th Street, near Avenue M.
Vitaphone Studios
Vitaphone Studios Interior view of a sound stage at Vitaphone \[motion picture] Studios located on East 15th Street, near Avenue M.
Vitaphone Studios
Vitaphone Studios View of Eddie Craft and Herman Heller in the center of a sound stage at Vitaphone Studios located on East 15th Street, near Avenue M. Image incldudes ten other, unidentified men.
Vitaphone Studios
Vitaphone Studios Image represented is one of a related set (WORK 1139), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two interior views of an unidentified musical number being performed at Vitaphone Studios located on East 15th Street, near Avenue M.
Vitaphone Studios
\[Mischa Elman and Josef Bonime] View of Josef Bonime sitting at the piano and Mischa Elman, violinist, standing beside the piano, in the Vitaphone Studios located on East 15th Street, near Avenue M.
Vitaphone Studios
Making motion pictures especially for women Caption: "Making motion pictures especially for women--To illustrate from week to week the creations of American fashion designers, a use of cinematograph that spreads widely the influence of the best current taste in dres ..." The end of the caption is missing. Image shows two women, presumably actresses, posing for a photographer and another man, presumably a director.
Vitaphone Studios
Vitaphone Studios Two images. 1137 is a posed view of eight executives at Vitaphone \[motion picture] Studios located on East 15th Street, near Avenue M. Pictured, left to right, are Albert S. Howson, Stanley Watkins, H. M. Warner, Will N. Hays, W. C. Rich, Herman Heller, Henry Hadley, and S. L. Warner. 1141 is a studio portrait of Will N. Hays.
Vitaphone Studios
Crippled orchestra CaptIon: "Crippled orchestra--The symphony orchestra of the Jewish Sanitarium and Hospital for Chronic Diseases, conducted by Eddie Brown. They play while many in like circumstances might weep."
Vitaphone Studios
Vitaphone Studios Interior view of a musical number being performed on a sound studio at Vitaphone \[motion picture] Studios located on East 15th Street, near Avenue M. Image inclused an unidentified man, presumably the conductor and a woman, presumably a singer, with a large floral arrangement between them, in the foreground and a large, male orchestra in the background.
Vitaphone Studios
Giovanni Martinelli Portrait of Giovanni Martinelli, an opera singer, dressed as Pagliacci, at a Vitaphone sound studio located on East 15th Street, near Avenue M.
1701 Avenue M
\[Northeast corner of Avenue M and East 17th Street.] Northeast corner of Avenue M and East 17th Street.
1705 Avenue M
\[North side of Avenue M between East 17th Street and East 18th Street.] North side of Avenue M between East 17th Street and East 18th Street.
St. Brendan's School
St. Brendan's new church & parochial school Closeup of facade of St. Brendan's School, a four-story masonry building, with sign over main entrance, located at 1520 East 13th Street at Avenue O, with intersecting streets and utility pole in foreground, and portions of other buildings on both sides. Note: The school closed in September, 1978.
St. Brendan's School
St. Brendan's Church Facade of St. Brendan's Church, Avenue O and East 12th Street, with telephone pole (with street signs) and lines, building materials in center and right foreground, two men and residential buildings on far right, and building (church school?) on far left. (It appears that building was in the final stage of construction when photograph was taken.).
St. Brendan's School
St. Brendan's R. C. Church Facade of church with telephone pole (with street signs) and lines in right foreground, section of iron fence in left foreground, building (church school?) on far left, and intersecting streets. Caption: "St. Brendan's R. C. Church, Avenue O and East 12th Street, Flatbush. ... Its first church building was completed and dedicated on December 27, 1908. ... Rev. Francis X. Downing, Pastor."
St. Brendan's School
St. Brendan's new parochial school Close-up of facade of St. Brendan's School, a four-story masonry building located at 1520 East 13th Street at Avenue O, with intersecting streets and two utility poles in foreground, and portions of buildings on both sides. Note: The school closed in September, 1978.
1801 Avenue M
Affiliated Laundry Owners Club Exterior view of the Affiliated Laundry Owners Club located at 1801 Avenue M., at the intersection of East 18th Street. Image includes street light in foreground, several pedestrians on the sidewalk, and one truck in right background.
1624 Avenue L
\[#1624 Avenue L (at left) on corner of East16th Street.] \#1624 Avenue L (at left) on corner of East16th Street.
1264 East 17 Street
1262-1264 East 17 Street Two two-story stone or stucco houses on East 17th Street in Midwood; house at right with gabled roof, house at left with flat roof; house at left has climbing vines on front porch; hedges, fence, tree, and fire hydrant in foreground. Inscription: "1262-1264 East 17 Street. This area was the town of Greenfield about 65 years ago."
1612 Avenue L
\[#1612 Avenue L.] \#1612 Avenue L, between East 16th Street and East 17th Street.
1506 Avenue L
\[#1506 Avenue L, between East 15th Street and East 16th Street.] \#1506 Avenue L, between East 15th Street and East 16th Street. Brighton Beach BMT train in background. House has a fair sized garden to the right (not shown.)
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