COLLECTION NAME:
Ira Current Collection
Record
Collection Name:
Ira Current
Title:
Current review no. 3: Seeing the show with the candid camera/Agfa Ansco plant
Name:
Current, Ira B.
Name and Role:
Current, Ira B.;Photographer
Resource Type:
Moving Image
Genre:
Amateur films
Genre:
silent films
Place Created:
[New York]
Date Created:
1934/1938
Date Captured:
2020-02-26
Language Term:
English
Extent:
1 film reel (20min., 10sec.)
Form:
black-and-white film (film, material)
Internet Media Type:
video/mp4
Form:
16mm (photographic film size)
Abstract:
Photographer, Ira Current. Footage of vaudeville performances from the Capitol Theater in Binghamton, New York, including a singers, dancers, a chorus line, trapeze act, jugglers, clowns, and acrobats. Reel also contains images of the Agfa Ansco factory complex and water tower, as well as workers drafting equipment sketches.
Note Type:
Segment sequence
Note:
00:00:00 Opening credits with title screen that reads “Current Review, ”Seeing the Show” with the candid camera -highlights of a dozen vaudeville performances. Photographed by Ira Current MCMXXXVI”; Scenes show exterior views of The Capitol Theatre in Binghamton, New York. 00:01:01 Title card reads “A good show opens with a dazzling chorus” and scenes change to show several women dancing on stage. 00:02:00 Title card reads “There is seldom a production without its interpretation of The Carioca-“ Scenes continue to show men and women performing various choreographed dances on the stage. 00:03:13 A title card appears and reads “Specialty dancers-“ and continues to show men and women dancing and performing acrobatic tricks on stage. 00:05:15 Title card reads “The songs of the day are sung-“ and continues to show men and women singing on stage. 00:05:30 Title card reads “The man on the flying trapeze.” The scene changes to show two men performing tricks on a trapeze. 00:06:34 Title card reads “Billy Jones and Ernie Hare & Co.-“ The scene changes to show men and women singing and performing music on stage. 00:07:23 Title card reads “There is never a show without its balancing act-“ The scene changes to show men swinging props into the air. 00:07:44 Title card reads “-and jugglers-“ and shows a man juggling plates and jumping rope. 00:08:30 Title card reads “and clowns galore!-“ Men dressed as clowns, some on stilts wearing giant heads, perform music and sketches on stage. 00:09:37 Title card reads “The Chinese acrobats” The scene changes to show a group of Chinese men and women performing stunts on a bar. They also dance and perform acrobatic tricks. 00:11:43 Title card reads “-and a roaring grand finale.-“ The scene changes and shows groups of women on stage dancing. They also bring out drums and wear different costumes. 00:13:12 Film changes to a view of the exterior of the theater and “The End” appears on the screen. 00:13:35 The film changes to an exterior view of the Agfa Ansco factory complex and water tower. 00:17:02 Aerial view of a town, possibly Binghamton, New York. 00:18:24 A woman cuts pamphlets using a paper cutter and a man sketches abstract designs on a paper. The man and woman might be workers in the Agfa factory. 00:19:50 Close-up view of a sketch for a camera or machine. This appears to be the same machine Ira Current built himself and can be seen in other films. 00:20:10 End of recording.
Subject Topic:
Vaudeville
Subject Topic:
Entertainers
Subject Topic:
Dancers
Subject Topic:
Factories
Subject Name:
Agfa Ansco (Firm)
Subject Name:
Capitol Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
Subject Temporal:
Twentieth century
Identifier:
U183050990784_narv_currentIra_ReviewNo3SeeingShowCandidCameraAgfaAnsco_a.mp4
Physical Location:
University of Colorado Boulder Libraries Rare and Distinctive Collections
Shelf Locator:
COU:491
Access Condition:
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