A fish store clerk's second job as an opera singer
Title: "Fish scales and opera, meet Joseph Mordino..." superimposed on a shot of Joseph Mordino singing holding a fish / On a sidewalk he looks up at posters with numerous operas listed; the largest one is "Otello" with a closeup of Mordino wearing a fedora; sign 'Metropolitan Opera house' / A busy sidewalk with Mordino walking; street sign: "9th Ave, W 39th St, one way" / He arrives at the "527 Central Fish Market" and greets people / inside the market, he holds a fish and sings dramatically / his audience watches / Mordino holds a fish; a group of young people look on // He primps and sings while looking in an oval mirror; cameraman Lou Hutt, in the foreground with Mordino, talks with an older pianist / Mordino sings an aria from 'Lucia di Lammermoor' // Back in the fish shop, he waves around a gutted fish, and his amused audience looks on / Note: exact day not known
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Editorial #:
1336139554
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
February 01, 1955
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released.ÌýMore information
Clip length:
00:02:00:20
Location:
New York City, New York, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr004831_01_05
- Opera Singer,
- Opera,
- Othello - Named Work,
- Performance,
- Singing,
- Video with Sound,
- 1950-1959,
- Accuracy,
- Archival,
- Arrival,
- Arts Culture and Entertainment,
- Audience,
- Black And White,
- Body Care,
- Building Exterior,
- Camera Operator,
- Close-up,
- Collar,
- Composite Image,
- Day,
- Destruction,
- Fedora,
- Film - Moving Image,
- Film Composite,
- Fish,
- Greeting,
- HD Format,
- Horizontal,
- Human Interest,
- Lace - Textile,
- Large,
- Laughing,
- Lifestyles,
- Looking,
- Lucia di Lammermoor,
- Market - Retail Space,
- Metropolitan Opera House,
- Mirror - Object,
- New York City,
- Newsreel,
- Opera House,
- Otello - Opera,
- People,
- Pianist,
- Poster,
- Produced Segment,
- Real Time Video,
- Retail Clerk,
- Selective Focus,
- Sidewalk,
- Singer,
- Stage Costume,
- Stage Make-Up,
- Store,
- Street,
- Talking,
- USA,
- Walking,
- Watching,
- Waving - Gesture,