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Description: 54 years before Marilyn, there was Florence Georgie! Here's the 1901 film inspiration for Marilyn Monroe's white dress moment in the 1955 movie The Seven Year Itch. Enhanced using AI neural networks, to 4k 60 fps. "What Happened on 23rd Street" starred actress Florence Georgie and actor A.C. Abadie. The original print was all of 77 seconds in duration and in extremely poor condition Shown to theater audiences as an 'actuality' or a true event, audiences of the day were no doubt convinced it was authentic and thought the ribald ending to be hilarious ( the men at least). It was of course staged. The plot, such as, entailed a young man escorting a young lady down a busy New York street. Both talking earnestly, the couple walk over an air shaft, causing the young lady's skirts to suddenly bellow up to an unreasonable height. A simple staged prank, amusing pedestrians, and later a wide movie going public. Now with AI upscaling the film offers another glimpse of what Manhattan looked like at the turn of the 20th century. The Edwardian era clothes, electric trams and horse and carriages shows the dawn of the age of locomotion. AI Restoration Process 1. Removed noise artifacts and stabilized original print. 2. Increased frame interpolation from 15 fps to 60 fps, using AI neural networks. 3. Increased to 4K resolution using AI upscaling. 4. Added color using Deoldify, a deep learning AI process. What Happened on Twenty-third Street 1901. Director: George S. Fleming, Edwin S. Porter. Cast: A.C. Abadie, Florence Georgie. Thomas A. Edison, Inc, What happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City. United States: Thomas A. Edison, Inc, 1901. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, This short AI enhanced film is published here for preservation purposes and to add an immersive experience to the work of early filmmakers. It is free to view and not commercially available on DVD or for republishing elsewhere. Published under the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video as outlined by the Center for Media & Social Impact. cmsimpact.org/code/code-best-practices-fair-use-online-video