Editing Chrysler Building (section)

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While seen in many films, the Chrysler Building almost never appears as a main setting in them, prompting architect and author [[James Sanders (architect)|James Sanders]] to quip it should win "the Award for Best Supporting Skyscraper".<ref name="bs20050529" /> The building was supposed to be featured in the 1933 film ''[[King Kong (1933 film)|King Kong]]'', but only makes a [[cameo appearance|cameo]] at the end thanks to its producers opting for the Empire State Building in a central role.<ref name="bs20050529" /> The Chrysler Building appears in the background of ''[[The Wiz (film)|The Wiz]]'' (1978); as the setting of much of ''[[Q - The Winged Serpent]]'' (1982); in the initial credits of ''The Shadow of the Witness'' (1987); and during or after apocalyptic events in ''[[Independence Day (1996 film)|Independence Day]]'' (1996), ''[[Armageddon (1998 film)|Armageddon]]'' (1998), ''[[Deep Impact (film)|Deep Impact]]'' (1998), ''[[Godzilla (1998 film)|Godzilla]]'' (1998), and ''[[A.I. Artificial Intelligence]]'' (2001).<ref name="bs20050529" /> The building also appears in other films, such as ''[[Spider-Man (2002 film)|Spider-Man]]'' (2002),<ref>{{cite web|title=Spider-Man's Movie Guide To The Real New York City|website=CBS New York|date=July 27, 2010|url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/guide/spider-mans-movie-guide-to-the-real-new-york-city/|access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref> ''[[Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer]]'' (2007),<ref>{{cite book|last=Sanderson|first=P.|title=The Marvel Comics Guide to New York City|publisher=Gallery Books|year=2007|isbn=978-1-4165-3141-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u4PMIT0Rv7cC&pg=PA49|access-date=November 6, 2017|page=49}}</ref> ''[[Two Weeks Notice]]'' (2002),<ref name="bs20050529" /> ''[[The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010 film)|The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]'' (2010),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2010/07/13/the-sorcerers-apprentice-more-magical-than-expected/|title=The Sorcerer's Apprentice: More Magical Than Expected|last=Pinkerton|first=Nick|date=July 13, 2010|newspaper=[[The Village Voice]]|access-date=September 9, 2019}}</ref> ''[[The Avengers (2012 film)|The Avengers]]'' (2012)<ref>{{cite book |first1=Helmut |last1=Anheier |first2=Marcus |last2=Lam |first3=David B. |last3=Howard |editor1-last=Halle |editor1-first=David |editor2-last=Beveridge |editor2-first=Andrew |title=New York and Los Angeles: The Uncertain Future |date=2013 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-977838-6 |page=505 |url=https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199778386.001.0001/acprof-9780199778386 |access-date=April 27, 2022 |chapter=The Nonprofit Sector in New York City and Los Angeles}}</ref> and ''[[Men in Black 3]]'' (2012).<ref name="nyt-2024-07-12" /><ref>{{cite web|last=McCarthy|first=Erin|title=Inside Men in Black III's Chrysler Building Time Jump|website=Popular Mechanics|date=May 25, 2012|url=http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/digital/visual-effects/inside-men-in-black-3s-chrysler-building-time-jump-9130426|access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref> The building is mentioned in the number "[[It's the Hard Knock Life]]" for the musical ''[[Annie (musical)|Annie]]'',<ref>{{cite web|last=Brockes|first=Emma|title=Annie reminds New York it can shine like the top of the Chrysler building|website=The Guardian|date=November 5, 2012|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/emma-brockes-blog/2012/nov/05/annie-new-york-shine-broadway|access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref> and it is the setting for the post-game content in the [[Square Enix|Squaresoft]] video game ''[[Parasite Eve (video game)|Parasite Eve]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Glick|first=Brian|title=Parasite Eve – Review|url=https://archive.rpgamer.com/games/pe/pe/reviews/pestrev3.html|year=2017|website=RPGamer|access-date=September 18, 2020}}</ref> In addition, the introductory scenes of the TV show ''[[Sex and the City]]'' depict the Chrysler Building.<ref name="nyt-2024-07-12" />

In December 1929, Walter Chrysler hired [[Margaret Bourke-White]] to take publicity images from a scaffold {{convert|400|ft|m}} high.{{sfn|Stern|Gilmartin|Mellins|1987|p=76}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Keller|first=E.|title=Margaret Bourke-White: A Photographer's Life|publisher=Lerner|series=Lerner Biographies|year=1996|isbn=978-0-8225-4916-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BXgNCY5QZlwC&pg=PA52|access-date=November 6, 2017|pages=52–53}}</ref>{{sfn|Bascomb|2004|p=232}} She was deeply inspired by the new structure and especially smitten by the massive eagle's-head figures projecting off the building.<ref>{{cite web |title=Photographs – New York Auction, 4 April 2023 – 167 – Margaret Bourke-White – Gargoyle, Chrysler Building, New York City |url=https://www.phillips.com/detail/margaret-bourkewhite/NY040123/167 |date=2023 |website=Phillips Auction House |access-date=April 14, 2023}}</ref> According to one account, Bourke-White wanted to live in the building for the duration of the photo shoot, but the only person able to do so was the janitor, so she was instead relegated to co-leasing a studio with [[Time Inc.]]<ref name="Louie 2005" /> In 1930, several of her photographs were used in a special report on skyscrapers in the then-new ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bascomb|first=Neal|title=Before the Crash: Bringing in the Blue Chips|website=The New York Times|date=May 26, 2005|issn=0362-4331|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/26/garden/before-the-crash-bringing-in-the-blue-chips.html|access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref> Bourke-White worked in a 61st-floor studio designed by [[John Vassos]]{{sfn|Stern|Gilmartin|Mellins|1987|p=76}}<ref name="Louie 2005" /> until she was evicted in 1934.<ref name="Louie 2005" /> That year, Bourke-White's partner Oscar Graubner took a famous photo called "Margaret Bourke-White atop the Chrysler Building", which depicts her taking a photo of the city's skyline while sitting on one of the 61st-floor eagle ornaments.{{sfn|Stern|Gilmartin|Mellins|1987|p=76}}<ref>{{cite web|title=&#91;Margaret Bourke-White atop the Chrysler Building&#93;|website=Library of Congress|url=https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2011660317/|access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref> On October 5, 1998, [[Christie's]] auctioned the photograph for $96,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gary.saretzky.com/photohistory/mbwcatLR.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061221005154/http://gary.saretzky.com/photohistory/mbwcatLR.pdf |archive-date=December 21, 2006 |url-status=live|title=Margaret Bourke-White In Print: An Exhibition, Exhibition at Archibald S. Alexander Library, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, January–June 2006|year=2006|first=Gary D.|last=Saretzky|page=3|access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref>

The Chrysler Building has been the subject of other photographs as well. During a January 1931 dance organized by the Society of Beaux-Arts, six architects, including Van Alen, were photographed while wearing costumes resembling the buildings that each architect designed.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gray|first=Christopher|title=A New Age of Architecture Ushered in Financial Gloom|website=The New York Times|date=January 1, 2006|issn=0362-4331|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/01/realestate/a-new-age-of-architecture-ushered-in-financial-gloom.html|access-date=November 6, 2017|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Dupre|first=Judith|title=Skyscrapers|publisher=Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Incorporated|year=2001|isbn=978-1-57912-153-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vYXcngEACAAJ|access-date=November 6, 2017|pages=36–37}}</ref> In 1991, the photographer [[Annie Leibovitz]] took pictures of the dancer [[David Parsons (dancer)|David Parsons]] reclining on a ledge near the top of the building.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 8, 2005 |title=Parsons is dancer who's at the top |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1993/02/04/parsons-is-dancer-who-s-at-the-top/ |access-date=July 12, 2024 |website=Tampa Bay Times|postscript=none}}; {{Cite news |last=Jowitt |first=Deborah |date=1998-05-03 |title=DANCE; Onward and Upward, Gambling on Success |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/03/arts/dance-onward-and-upward-gambling-on-success.html |access-date=2024-07-12 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

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