Star Theatre (film)

Star Theatre
Directed by F.S. Armitage
Produced by American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Cinematography F.S. Armitage
Release date
  • 1901 (1901)
Running time
1 minute 58 seconds
Country United States
Language Silent

Star Theatre (also known as Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre) is a 1901 short documentary film in which time-lapse photography is used to show the dismantling and demolition of New York City's Star Theatre over a period of about a month.

Produced by the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, it was filmed by F.S. Armitage. In 2002, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress, and selected for preservation in its National Film Registry.[1]

References

  1. "Librarian of Congress Adds 25 Films to National Film Registry". Library of Congress. 17 December 2002. Retrieved 25 January 2018.


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