<I>On the Bowery</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1956
name: label: Directed by
content: Lionel Rogosin, American, 1924 - 2000
label: Subject of
content: Ray Salyer, American, 1916 - 1963
label: Subject of
content: Goramn Hendricks, American, 1894 - 1956
label: Subject of
content: Frank Matthews, American, 1899 - 1956
label: Owned by
content: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
notes: label: Caption
content: This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
label: Description
content: A docufiction film with the title On the Bowery. It consists of two (2) reels of 16mm black-and-white acetate film with optical sound.
label: Description
content: The film chronicles the lives of three men living in New York City's Bowery neighborhood over a three-day period. When Ray (Ray Salyer), a railroad worker from New Jersey, walks into Confidence Bar and Grill, he meets and is befriended by Gorman (Gorman Hendricks), one of the neighborhood's veteran alcoholics who frequently reminisces about previous times. Later, Gorman convinces Ray to sell some of his personal belongings for money but, unbeknownst to Ray, Gorman also steals some of Ray’s belongings from the suitcase.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place filmed
content: Bowery, New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Poverty
label: Topic
content: Urban life
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: DC Public Library Film Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.55.81.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: black-and-white films (visual works)
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 1): 33 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1200 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 2): 30 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1100 Feet