us-005578-irn555487
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biographical history: Morris Horn, M.D. served in Europe in WW2 as a Captain in the Army Medical Corps and died while serving his country. Dr. Morris Horn married Ruth Carlson Horn in the Commodore Hotel in NYC in August 1932 by Rabbi Albert Martin. Ruth (1913 - 1999) was a noted patron of the arts and innovator in Bridgeport, Connecticut's arts community. She was the daughter of William Carlson, an automobile industrialist, and Frances Faust Carlson, a pianist. Ruth Carlson Horn (1913 - 1999) was a noted patron of the arts and innovator in Bridgeport, Connecticut's arts community. She was the daughter of William Carlson, an automobile industrialist, and Frances Faust Carlson, a pianist. She married Dr. Morris Horn in the Commodore Hotel in NYC in August 1932 by Rabbi Albert Martin.
date: 1933, August 20, 1932 - July 29
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identifier: irn555487
note: The Horns sailed to Europe on the M.V. Saturnia on August 20, 1932 and returned on the Georgic from Liverpool on July 29, 1933.
scope and content: Title card: “Leaving New York August 20, 1932.” The newlyweds Ruth Carlson Horn and Dr. Morris Horn depart on their year-long honeymoon. They walk, embracing and kissing, down a corridor. Pan to group of men and women standing in a crowd behind a fence, who look up towards the camera and wave goodbye. They are on a dock labelled “City of New York Department Docks - Italian Line Swedish American.” A freight ship passes by in the harbor, with another passenger ship still docked behind it. NYC skyscrapers are visible in the distance. Title card: “On Board M.V. Saturnia.” The Horns and two women walk towards the camera with linked arms on the ship’s deck. Below deck, finely dressed passengers greet one another. Title card: “Lisbon.” The well-dressed young couple are approached by an older man who walks with them down a set of stairs in front of a fountain and archways. They visit the beach. Two men chat on board the ship. A crowd on the docks is filmed from the ship above as the M.V. Saturnia leaves the port, passing other boats. Pan, coastline. Title card: “Rock of Gibraltar.” MS, Rock of Gibraltar. Title card: “Italian Olympic Team.” A group of men and a few women in suits pose on the deck of the ship. A rowboat makes its way towards shore. Train tracks through a wooded area. Horizon, little visibility. On shore, the young couple speak with an elderly bearded man smoking a pipe. CU of the elderly man. A large crowd of people in dark clothing gather on the street; parade. Ruth on a street corner walking towards the camera. Behind her, bicycles, cars, and handsome cabs pass by on the street. Morris follows. Title card: “Venice - Feeding Pidgeons St. Marks Square.” Ruth walks in the middle of a huge crowd of pigeons in St Marks Square, extending her arm in an unsuccessful attempt for one of them to land on her. Pigeons in a fountain. Street scene in Venice. An elderly gondolier helps Ruth into a gondola. Pan from the perspective of the gondola. Back at St. Marks Square, …
title: Newlywed American couple travels to and in Western Europe