The El in Popular Culture
The El was featured in a number of films. Among them:
- The Lost Weekend (1945).
- The Dark Corner (1946)
- June Bride (1948)
- The Naked City (1948)
- The Doctor And The Girl (1949)
- On the Town (1949)
- Port of New York (1949)
- The Window (1949)
- The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)
- Young Man with a Horn (1950)
- Side Street (1950)
- The Glass Wall (1953)
- Living It Up (1954)
- I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
- On the Bowery (1956)
- The documentary film Daybreak Express (1958) by D. A. Pennebaker
The El was also the backdrop for Jack Finney's novel Time and Again (1970).
Several early silent films were made of New York's elevated trains, including the Third Avenue El. A documentary, "3rd Avenue El," was made in the 1950s and is available for viewing on the Internet.
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