Talk:Audrey Munson

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Surviving prints of Munson films The article currently says no prints of films starring Audrey Munson survive, but this link http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/P/Purity1916.html claims there is a print of Purity 1916, at the Centre Nation de la Cinematographie. -- Solipsist 11:01, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Clean-up Hmm...were the headings better before? Now that table of contents is huge. ~~Shiri — Talk~~ 06:20, Mar 30, 2005 (UTC)

Oh, and I removed an image, Einar, I hope you don't mind. When you have four images in a gallery row, it makes the page scroll right. I'll queue it up here until there's more text to even it out.~~Shiri — Talk~~ 06:46, Mar 30, 2005 (UTC)

Don't forget "Justice" at the Bronx County Courthouse. From NYC's official webpage: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcas/html/resources/bronx_countycourt.shtml The Bronx County Courthouse is renowned for the quality and quantity of its sculpture. Charles Keck, who also sculpted figures for Columbia University and the facade of the Brooklyn Museum, designed the frieze above the base. The frieze depicts the activities of the working man with such themes as agriculture, commerce, industry, religion, and the arts. Adolph Weinman, who created the Manhattan Municipal Building facade sculpture, including the Civic Fame statue, supervised the creation of two pink marble sculptural groups at the entrances. Other sculptors included George Snowden, Joseph Kiselewski, and Edward Sandford, Jr.

I feel a bit lost about why this particular bit of information has shown up on the Audrey Munson talk page? This is also a good example of why it's good to be a registered user, or if you are one, why it's a plus to sign your writings. The Bronx Building is listed on the Charles Keck page but not on Weiman's, which was an early effort by me and not really finished. I am sort of working on an article about Edward Sanford, but it's not much beyond the thinking stage right now. Which brings us back to Audrey Munson ? Ar you suggesting that she was the madel for some of the work on the Bronx Courthouse ?? Carptrash 16:40, 6 October 2005 (UTC) 16:37, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

Yes, I am suggesting (stating) that Audrey Munson modeled for "Justice" on the Bronx County Courthouse. My name is Barry Popik. The Audrey Munson silent film "Purity" will be shown at the University of California-Santa Barbara in November 2005; it hasn't been seen in 90 years. I'm trying to bring it to New York City. (Audrey Munson, in "Purity," is often claimed to be the first nude woman in film.) I rediscovered Audrey Munson with my New York Times article on April 14, 1996. The Bronx County Courthouse was discussed in the City section of the New York Times last week.

Hello Barry, I am familiar with your work regarding AM, I believe that we corresponded while I was writing this article. If you register or sign in or whatever with wikipedia then we can correspond easier on each other's talk pages. My inderstanding is that the Bronx building was built in 1934, by which time Audry was already institutionalized, and in any case had been out of the business for quite a while. However it as always a questionable tactic to argue with New Yorkers about New York. Carptrash 14:55, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

Barry Popik (Bapopik@aol.com) here again. You're thinking of the wrong courthouse. Yes, the one at 851 Grand Concourse was built in 1933. But the other was built in 1914. See: http://www.wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7465 Audrey is in the middle! I'm currently trying to bring PURITY to MOMA.

Yes, that certainly could be AM, sitting there on that courthouse. However part of the reason that i ended up witht the wrong courthouse is that you mentioned Keck and Weinman and Sanford and a couple of others, and they all worked on the 1933 building. So, who did the Munson on the 1914 building? I can find no mention of that anywhere. 72.16.51.242 14:54, 18 October 2005 (UTC) Carptrash _ i keep getting Unlogged

PS the sculptor of the Justice statue on the BCC was Jules Edouard Roiné. What makes you feel that AM was the model? Carptrash 19:09, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Bary Popik here again. I've got to check through my papers. Meanwhle, catch PURITY on November 20th at the University of California-Santa Barbara: http://www.artsandlectures.ucsb.edu/films.asp