Welcome to this rare glimpse of New York City in 1915, filmed outside the Claremont Theatre, located at 135th Street and Broadway in Manhattan’s Hamilton Heights neighbourhood. Captured as part of the George Kleine Collection, this short film records a lively moment in the city’s cinematic past—audiences spilling out of the Claremont after a screening of On the Stroke of Twelve, starring Gertrude McCoy and Bigelow Cooper, a crime melodrama produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company.
The Claremont Theatre, opened in 1914, was one of the earliest purpose-built movie theatres in the area, reflecting the rapid growth of the motion picture industry during the 1910s. Its elegant façade and marquee symbolised a new era of entertainment—where cinema became a social event accessible to everyday people.
This film not only documents the public fascination with cinema but also preserves a slice of New York’s cultural transformation at a moment when silent films were becoming America’s most popular art form.
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