|
The Hold-Up of the Rocky Mountain Express
Also known as [Holdup of the Rocky Mountain Express], [Hold-Up of the Rocky Mt. Express]
(1906) United States of America
B&W : 569 feet
Directed by [?] Frank Marion and/or Wallace McCutcheon?
Cast: (unknown)
American Mutoscope & Biograph Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company. / Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / © 12 April 1906 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H75633]. Released 30 June 1906. / [?] Biograph 35mm spherical format? / The production was shot in Phoenicia, New York, on the Ulster & Delaware railroad and at Biograph’s 14th Street studio, New York, New York, on 4-6 April 1906. The film was made specifically to be shown in a Hale’s Tours theater car.
Comedy-Drama.
Synopsis: [From Biograph promotional materials] This film is concededly the greatest crowd-drawer of them all. It gets the money when everything else fails, and no other film offers such opportunities for front display. Ran for five weeks continuously at the headquarters of the Brady-Grossman Co., 46 East 14th Street, New York City, and still running on the issuance of this bulletin. The action shows a railroad run, an interior comedy scene, the hold-up as viewed from the inside, then on the track, finishing with a race between the train and the bandits, who first take to the hand car and then to a horse and wagon. The robbers are captured at the crossing for an early finish.
Survival status: Print exists in the Museum of Modern Art film archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Railroads: Railroad crossings, Railroad tracks, Track switches, Train tracks - Wagons - Weapons: Guns
Listing updated: 15 April 2024.
References: Leyda-Before pp. 48, 82, 124 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
|
