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Raising Old Glory Over Morro Castle
(1899) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by J. Stuart Blackton [?] and Albert E. Smith?
Cast: (unknown)
American Vitagraph Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / Produced by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith. Set design by J. Stuart Blackton. Cinematography by [?] Albert E. Smith? / © 4 February 1899 by Thomas A. Edison [10651]. Released February 1899. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot on rooftop of Vitagraph’s offices at 140 Nassau Street in New York, New York. [?] Charles Musser suggests that this film is the one described by Blackton as “Tearing Down the Spanish Flag.”
Tableau.
Synopsis: [The Phonoscope, January 1899, page ?] Down goes the Spanish flag, and up floats the Stars and Stripes. Down falls the symbol of tyranny and oppression that has ruled in the new world for four hundred years, and up goes the Banner of Freedom. In the distance are the turrets and battlements of Morro, the last foothold of Spain in America.
Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Spanish-American War (1898)
Listing updated: 22 August 2023.
References: Fell-History p. 23; Leyda-Before pp. 80, 95; Sklar-Movie p. 22; Slide-BigV p. 169 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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