2 A. M. in the Subway (1905)

Original title

2 A.M. in the Subway

Directed by

Billy Bitzer

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1 min

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man and a woman flirt and interact in a New York subway car late at night. The short comedy shows a snapshot of city nightlife from the early 1900s.

shortcomedicplayfulslightly risquélightheartedstagedcity nightlifeold-fashioned

What happens

2 A. M. in the Subway is a one shot, 53 second-long comedy filmed, and probably directed, by Billy Bitzer on June 5, 1905 at the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company's (AM&B) studio on 14th Street in New York City. Likely intended as a slightly racy, and therefore rather typical, subject for AM&B's peepshow machine, The Mutoscope, 2 A. M. in the Subway is a vignette of New York City's night life that still resonates with New Yorkers more than a century later. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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