What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City

• Florence Georgie: a woman
• A. C. Abadie: a man

What Happened on Twenty - third Street, New York City is a short film from the year 1901. Was directed by George S. Fleming and Edwin S. Porter.

Action

In the Twenty- third Street in New York City there are some underground shafts that are bypassed by most passersby. After some time, a man and a woman go about this underground shafts and the woman's skirt stands out a little bit upwards. Finally, both continue laughing.

Background information

The film is a mix of documentary and comedy, in this case the reactions of passers-by on the new underground shafts were documented. A. C. Abadie (1878-1950) worked mainly as a cameraman for the Edison Manufacturing Company. In 1903, he became again a roll of film, he played the sheriff in the film The Great Train Robbery. Florence Georgie worked for this film.