New York (1916 film)

New York
New York
	Contemporary advertisement
Directed by	George Fitzmaurice
Written by	Ouida Bergère
Based on	New York; by William J. Hurlbut
Produced by	A. H. Woods; George Fitzmaurice
Starring	Florence Reed
Cinematography	Arthur C. Miller
Production; companies	Pathé Exchange; Astra Film Company;
Distributed by	Pathé Exchange
Release date	February 4, 1916;
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

New York is a 1916 American silent comedy-drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Florence Reed. It was adapted by Ouida Bergère from a 1910 William J. Hurlbut play of the same title. The film was distributed by the Pathé Exchange company.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Cast

Florence Reed as Nora Nelson, later Mrs. King
Fania Marinoff as Edna Macey, The Chorus Girl
John Miltern as Oliver King
Jessie Ralph as Mrs. Macey
Forrest Winant as Wendell King

Reception

Like many American films of this time period, New York was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, in 1918 the Chicago Board of Censors issued an Adults Only permit for the film and required a cut, in Reel 2, of the two intertitles "Edna enjoys the luxuries that King provides her" and "And thus Oliver King becomes a benedict", and, Reel 3, two views of a nude model.^[3]

Preservation

With no prints of New York located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.^[4] In February of 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.^[2]