Hurricane in Galveston
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''Hurricane in Galveston'' is a 1913 American
short Short may refer to: Places * Short (crater), a lunar impact crater on the near side of the Moon * Short, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Short, Oklahoma, a census-designated place People * Short (surname) * List of people known as ...
documentary directed by
King Vidor King Wallis Vidor (; February 8, 1894 – November 1, 1982) was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter whose 67-year film-making career successfully spanned the silent and sound eras. His works are distinguished by a vivid, ...
. It was Vidor's debut film as a director.


Production

King Vidor and Ray Clough produced and photographed the film using a homemade camera borrowed from a friend. The commercial release was limited to the state of Texas. ''Hurricane in Galveston'' is a
lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o ...
.Durgnat and Simmon 1988 p. 21, p. 333


Footnotes


References

* Durgnat, Raymond and Simmon, Scott. 1988. ''King Vidor, American.'' University of California Press, Berkeley.


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