Paul Strand, TCM channel Sunday Midnight

[Bill_1856]

12:00am Manhatta (1921)
This silent documentary cameras capture the beauty and majesty of the New York harbor.
BW-12 mins, TV-G
12:15am Short Film: N.Y., N.Y. (1957)
This experimental short chronicles a day in the life of New York City.
Dir: Francis Thompson C-15 mins, TV-G
12:35am Cameraman, The (1928)
In this silent film, a photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a movie queen.
Cast: Buster Keaton, Marceline Day, Harold Goodwin, Sidney Bracy Dir: Edward Sedgwick BW-76 mins, TV-G

[darr]

Thanks Bill, have programmed my DVR!

Best,
Darr

[PViapiano]

Strand was the cameraman on these? Please jog my memory...

There is an old New Yorker article, circa 1960s, on Strand that mentions these, I believe. Available to those who have the New Yorker DVD archive collection or subscribers can access online...

[Bill_1856]

Strand and Sheeler made Manhatta together. It was the first use of cinema to portray a city as a living entity. Later, German cinematographers made Berlin, Symphony of a City, which is better known, but Strand was the pioneer.
I don't know anything about the Buster Keaton flick, but look forward to seeing it.

[David E. Rose]

FWIW, Manhatta is on YouTube.