Once Upon An El

Once Upon An El (1955)

"The poet Daisy Aldan (who brought Gerard Malanga into the world of experimental filmmaking) directed a beautifully evocative and impressionistic documentary, Once Upon an El, in 8mm color with a 7 1/2 ips tape soundtrack. The 15-minute film's cast included John Ashberry, James Broughton, Chester Kallman, Frank O'Hara, Olga Petroff, Kermit Sheets, and other luminaries of the Avant-Garde, the soundtrack was composed by Storm de Hirsch. Once Upon An El documented the activities of a group of writers and composers...[demonstrating] against the demolition of New York's Third Avenue elevated railway (FMC 1967, 7-8) , which was demolished anyway" - Wheeler Winston Dixon

Director: Daisy Aldan

Casts

	James Broughton as
	Frank O'Hara as
	Kenward Elmslie as
	Jane Freilicher as
	Grace Hartigan as
	Leon Hecht as
	Robert Hellman as
	Chester Kallman as
	John Latouche as
	Richard Miller as
	Olga Petroff as
	Fabio Rieti as
	Toby Schneebaum as
	James Schuyler as
	Kermit Sheets as
	Florio Vecchi as
	John Ashbery as

Crew