Summary Information

Title: Empire Theatre Film Collection
Inclusive Dates: 1968-1984

Creator:

• Empire Theatre, collector

Call Number: GA 638-GA 646; GA 654-GA 661; HB 759-HB 843; HB 847-HB 882; HB 894-HB 924; HB 936-HB 970; HB 973-HB 999; HC 001-HC 050; HC 056-HC 085; HC 131-HC 135; HC 137-HC 156; HC 168-HC 180; HC 189-HC 203; HC 447-HC 456; HC 472-HC 473

Quantity: 378 film reels (35 mm)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society Library-Archives Division / Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
Contact Information

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Eighty 35 mm feature films from the Empire Theatre, located on 42nd Street in Manhattan, New York City, from 1912 (as the Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre) until 1998 when it was lifted off its foundation and moved 170 feet westward to form part of the facade of the AMC Empire 25. This collection of films was found in the theater's basement prior to its move/demolition, and the titles are representative of the theater's grindhouse programming of the late 1960s to the mid-1980s. A majority of titles are Kung Fu films, with a few additional genre films ranging from blaxploitation titles to women's prison films.

Note:

There is a restriction on use of this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ga638

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