Once Upon An El (1955)
Synopsis
"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
Release Date: 1955-01-01
Runtime: 21 minutes
Director: Daisy Aldan
Top Cast
- James Broughton as
- Frank O'Hara as
- Kenward Elmslie as
- Jane Freilicher as
- Grace Hartigan as
- Leon Hecht as
- Robert Hellman as
- Chester Kallman as
- John Latouche as
- Richard Miller as
Soundtrack
Original Music Composer(s): N/A
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